sidelong

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - adjective

1. (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy (Freq. 2)
- "her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen
- sidelong glances
• Syn:
askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty
• Similar to:
indirect
2. situated at or extending to the side
- the lateral branches of a tree
- "shot out sidelong boughs"- Tennyson
• Syn:
lateral
• Similar to:
side
3. inclining or directed to one side
- "moved downward in a sidelong way" - Bram Stoker
• Similar to:
inclined

II - adverb

1. on the side
- the plow lay sidelong on the ground
2. with the side toward someone or something
- "seated sidelong to the window"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
3. to, toward or at one side
- darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face
• Syn:
sideways, obliquely

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  lateral, askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty, sideways, obliquely