sidelong
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Is sidelong a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of sidelong?
Definition
adjective satellite (English)
1. (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy; - Elizabeth BowenExamples: "her eyes with their misted askance look"; "sidelong glances"Synonyms: askance, askant, asquint, sidelong, squint, squint-eyed, squinty
2. situated at or extending to the side; ; - TennysonExamples: "the lateral branches of a tree"; "shot out sidelong boughs"Synonyms: lateral, sidelong
3. inclining or directed to one side; - Bram StokerExamples: "moved downward in a sidelong way"Synonyms: sidelong
adverb (English)
1. on the sideExamples: "the plow lay sidelong on the ground"Synonyms: sidelong
2. with the side toward someone or something; - Nathaniel HawthorneExamples: "seated sidelong to the window"Synonyms: sidelong
3. to, toward or at one sideExamples: "darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face"Synonyms: obliquely, sidelong, sideways
Definition source: Wiktionary