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Adverbs (12)
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sidelong, sideways, obliquely
adv. to, toward or at one side; "darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face"
sideways, sideway, sidewise
adv. with one side forward or to the front; "turned sideways to show the profile"; "crabs seeming to walk sidewise"
sideways, sideway, sidewise
adv. toward one side; "the car slipped sideways into the ditch"; "leaning sideways"; "a figure moving sidewise in the shadows"
sideway, sideways, sidewise
adv. from the side; obliquely; "a picture lit sideways"; "scenes viewed sidewise"
Adjectives (2)
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crabwise, sideways
adj. (of movement) at an angle
Fuzzynyms (12)
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crooked
adj. having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth"
askew, awry(p), cockeyed, lopsided, wonky, skew-whiff
adj. turned or twisted toward one side; "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton; "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"
furtive, sneak(a), sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious
adj. marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at his watch"
Synonyms (9)
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sidelong
adj. inclining or directed to one side; "moved downward in a sidelong way" - Bram Stoker
devious, circuitous, roundabout
adj. deviating from a straight course; "a scenic but devious route"; "a long and circuitous journey by train and boat"; "a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic"
diversionary
adj. (of tactics e.g.) likely or designed to confuse or deceive
meandering(a), rambling, wandering(a), winding
adj. of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road"
Antonyms (5)
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direct
adj. moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth
straight
adj. having no deviations; "straight lines"; "straight roads across the desert"; "straight teeth"; "straight shoulders"
straight, consecutive
adj. successive (without a break); "sick for five straight days"
balanced
adj. being in a state of proper equilibrium; "the carefully balanced seesaw"; "a properly balanced symphony orchestra"; "a balanced assessment of intellectual and cultural history"; "a balanced blend of whiskeys"; "the educated man shows a balanced development of all his powers"
sideways
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