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spelled sideways en · ADV

Etymology

As a play on the phrase "spelled backwards".

Meanings

  1. (colloquial, not-comparable) Indicating an anagram or other approximate rearrangement of the letters in the original term.
    • It truly is a wired (which, remember, is just "weird" spelled sideways) world, and if you feel like you're the only person left who isn't online, this chapter will help. 2001, Paul McFedries, The complete idiot's guide to Windows XP:

Synonyms

anagrammed (reordered as an anagram) · anagrammatized (reordered as an anagram)