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sidelong

[sahyd-lawng, -long]

Origin

adjective

directed to one side: a sidelong glance.

inclined or slanting to one side.

indirect; roundabout: sidelong comments about his appearance.

adverb

toward the side; obliquely.

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Origin:
1515–25; side¹ + long¹

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sidelong (ˈsaɪdˌlɒŋ)

—*adj*
1.	directed or inclining to one side
2.	indirect or oblique

—*adv*
3.	from the side; obliquely

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sidelong

1523, alteration of M.E. sidlyng (see sidle), probably by infl. of side + long.

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