"sidewise" in the adverb sense
1. sideways, sideway, sidewise
toward one side
"the car slipped sideways into the ditch"
"leaning sideways"
"a figure moving sidewise in the shadows"
2. sideways, sideway, sidewise
with one side forward or to the front
"turned sideways to show the profile"
"crabs seeming to walk sidewise"
3. sideway, sideways, sidewise
from the side obliquely
"a picture lit sideways"
"scenes viewed sidewise"
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