Sidewise

Definition: Sidewise

Sidewise

Adverb

1. Toward one side; "the car slipped sideways into the ditch"; "leaning sideways"; "a figure moving sidewise in the shadows".

2. With one side forward or to the front; "turned sideways to show the profile"; "crabs seeming to walk sidewise".

3. From the side; obliquely; "a picture lit sideways"; "scenes viewed sidewise".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "sidewise" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1749. (references)

Synonyms: Sidewise

Crosswords: Sidewise

Books

• Sidewise in Time (Science Fiction Library) [ABRIDGED] (reference)

• Sidewise in Time/the Strange Case of John Kingman (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expression using "sidewise": sidewise compression. Additional references.

Danish

sidetryk (compression perpendicular to the grain, side compression, sidewise compression), tangentielt tryk (compression perpendicular to the grain, side compression, sidewise compression). (various references)

Dutch

zijdelingse druk (compression perpendicular to the grain, side compression, sidewise compression). (various references)

Finnish

puristuslujuus kohtisuoraan puun syitä vastaan (compression perpendicular to the grain, side compression, sidewise compression). (various references)

French

compression transversale (side compression, sidewise compression), compression de flanc (side compression, sidewise compression). (various references)

German

seitlicher Druck (compression perpendicular to the grain, side compression, sidewise compression). (various references)

Greek 

εγκαρσία συμπίεσις(σύνθλιψις),πλευρική συμπίεσις (compression perpendicular to the grain, side compression, sidewise compression). (various references)

Hebrew 

לצ�"�"ים (sideways). (various references)

Italian

compressione trasversale (compression perpendicular to the grain, side compression, sidewise compression). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

横這い (crawling sideways, sidewise crawl), 横ばい (crawling sideways, sidewise crawl). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

よ�"ばい (crawling sideways, sidewise crawl). (various references)

Korean 

옆쪽으로 (sideways). (various references)

Pig Latin

idewisesay.(various references)

Portuguese

compressão transversal (compression perpendicular to the grain, side compression, sidewise compression). (various references)

Romanian

lateral (lateral, laterally, side, sideways). (various references)

Russian 

в сторону боковой (sideward). (various references)

Spanish

oblicuo (aslant, eluding, evasive, oblique, sidelong, sideward, sidewards, sideway, sideways, skew), oblicuamente (askance, aslant, athwart, obliquely, sidelong, sideward, sidewards, sideway, sideways, slantwise), lateral (lateral, side, sidelong, sideward, sidewards, sideway, sideways), hacia un lado (sideward, sidewards, sideway, sideways), de soslayo (askew, sidelong, sideward, sidewards, sideway, sideways), de reojo (askance, askew, sideward, sidewards, sideway, sideways), de lado (edgeways, endways, endwise, sideward, sidewards, sideway, sideways), de costado (alongside, broadside, sidelong, sideward, sidewards, sideway, sideways). (various references)

Turkish

yanlamasına (askew, aslant, edgeways, edgewise, laterally, sidelong, sideward, sidewards, sideways), yandan (flanking, laterally, sideward, sidewards, sideways), yana doğru (askew, laterally, sideward, sidewards), yana (sideward, sidewards, sideways), yan yan (askance, edgeways, edgewise, sideward, sidewards, sideways). (various references)

Ukrainian

косо (askance, askew, aslant, aslope, athwart, awry, obliquely, sidelong, sideway, sideways, slant, slantwise, splay), косий (askew, awry, bevel, boss-eyed, cock eyed, cockeyed, cross-eyed, diagonal, oblique, sidelong, sideway, sideways, skew, slant, slanting, splay), непрямий (devious, implied, indirect, oblique, sideway, sideways, vicarious), збоку (sideway, sideways), боком (sidelong, sideway, sideways). (various references)

Vietnamese 

về một bên (apart, aside, askance, askant, one-sided, sideways), qua một bên (sideways). (various references)

Misspellings

"Sidewise" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cynewise, Saddawi, Sadeqi, Sadowiz, sidewipe, sideywyes. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: dieses, diesis, seised, swedes, wissed.

-3 letters: issei, seeds, seise, sewed, sides, swede, weeds, wides, wised, wises.

-4 letters: dees, dews, dies, diss, eide, eses, ewes, ides, iwis, seed, sees, seis, sews, side, weds, weed, wees, wide, wise, wiss.

-5 letters: dee, dew, die, dis, eds, ess, ewe, ids, see, sei, sew, sis, wed, wee, wis.

+1 letter: sideswipe.

+2 letters: sideswiped, sideswipes.

+3 letters: sidewinders, windinesses.

+4 letters: unwieldiness.