sideways

Definitions

1. 1

   plural of sideway

   • And he was just taking byways and sideways, travelling in the peripheries of civilization, yeah?
   • In time our way merged into a throng of cars flowing here and there on the highways and sideways of the north side of Los Angeles.
   • Expansion of economic activities resulted in the construction of a so—called fishbone pattern of roads and sideways.
2. 2

   Moving or directed toward one side.

   • Giving Mary a sideways glance, he said,[…].
   • He gave the ball a sideways kick.
3. 3

   Positioned sideways (with a side to the front).

   • There was a stack of papers in front of each seat at the table, but each stack was sideways.
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   1. 4

      Neither moving upward nor moving downward.

      • Once we get out of this sideways economy, our figures will more accurately reflect what we're truly capable of.
   2. 5

      In conflict (with)

      In conflict (with); not compatible (with).

      • He was constantly getting sideways with his boss till he got fired.
   3. 6

      With a side to the front.

      • He builds houses sideways, with the front door on the side.
   4. 7

      Towards one side.

      • A bishop moves only diagonally; a rook, only sideways, forward, and back.
      • He looked sideways at the new arrival, wondering who she was.
   5. 8

      Askance

      Askance; sidelong.

   6. 9

      Neither upward nor downward.

      • The economy has been moving sideways for several months now.
   7. 10

      Not as planned

      Not as planned; towards a worse outcome.

      • We realized the project could go sideways very quickly if we didn't get the sales and marketing people on our side.
      • As we walked deeper into the darkness, we both knew this could go sideways in a heartbeat. We were sitting ducks. Birds on a wire. Canaries in a coalmine.
      • It feels like the probability of something going sideways here is higher.

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• antonymbackwards
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