Sidewise

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sidewise \Side"wise`\, adv.
     On or toward one side; laterally; sideways.
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           I saw them mask their awful glance
           Sidewise meek in gossamer lids.          --Emerson.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sidewise
       adv 1: toward one side; "the car slipped sideways into the ditch";
              "leaning sideways"; "a figure moving sidewise in the
              shadows" [syn: {sideways}, {sideway}]
       2: with one side forward or to the front; "turned sideways to
          show the profile"; "crabs seeming to walk sidewise" [syn:
          {sideways}, {sideway}]
       3: from the side; obliquely; "a picture lit sideways"; "scenes
          viewed sidewise" [syn: {sideway}, {sideways}]