definition of
sidelong

[1] #1 sidelong s. [askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty] (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy; "her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen; "sidelong glances". wn

[2] #2 sidelong r. on the side; "the plow lay sidelong on the ground". wn

[3] #3 sidelong s. [lateral] situated at or extending to the side; "the lateral branches of a tree"; "shot out sidelong boughs"- Tennyson. wn

[4] #4 sidelong r. with the side toward someone or something; "seated sidelong to the window"- Nathaniel Hawthorne. wn

[5] #5 sidelong s. inclining or directed to one side; "moved downward in a sidelong way" - Bram Stoker. wn