sidelong

adjective

  1. 1

    Directed to the side; sideways.

    “He cast me a sidelong glance.”
  2. 2

    Slanting or sloping; oblique.

  3. 3

    Indirect; suggestive; not straightforward.

    “She made some sidelong remarks about his manhood.”
  4. 4

    Along the side of something.

Synonyms

adverb

  1. 1

    Towards the side; sideways.

  2. 2

    Obliquely

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