sidelong en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈsaɪd.lɒŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈsaɪd.lɑŋ/ (General-American)
Etymology
1520s, from Middle English sidlyng (early 14th century), from side + -lyng (“(frequentative)”) (modern English -le (“(frequentative)”)). Reanalyzed as side + long.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Directed to the side; sideways.
He cast me a sidelong glance.
- (not-comparable) Slanting or sloping; oblique.
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(not-comparable) Indirect; suggestive; not straightforward.
She made some sidelong remarks about his manhood.
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(not-comparable) Along the side of something.
The passenger train was signalled from one of the west end bay platforms along the Down South Line; as it passed through a crossover to the Up South Line the freight train, which had been travelling slowly to the Up South Line, over-ran the signal protecting the crossover and came into sidelong collision with it.
1961 February, “Talking of Trains: Collision at Newcastle”, in Trains Illustrated, page 76:
Synonyms
Translations (5)
bg страничен (sideways) · la oblīquus (sideways) · pl bokiem (sideways) · it obliquo (sideways) · pl na ukos (sideways)