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sideway

[sahyd-wey]

side·way

[sahyd-wey]
noun
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a byway.
adjective, adverb

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Sideway is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

Origin:
1605–15; side1 + way1
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sideway

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