American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth
Edition - adj. Directed to one side; sideways: a sidelong
glance. - adj. So as to slant; sloping. - adv. On or toward the
side; sideways. - adv. In an oblique manner. Century Dictionary
and Cyclopedia - Laterally; obliquely; sidewise; in the
direction of the side. - On the side; with the side horizontal.
- Tending or inclining to one side; sloping; having a lateral
course or direction; hence, indirect; one-sided; oblique;
devious. - To fetter, as a preventive from straying or breaking
pasture, by chaining a fore and a hind foot of the same side
together. - adj. Directed to the side; sideways. - adj. Slanting
or sloping; oblique. - adj. Indirect; suggestive; not
straightforward. - adv. Towards the side; sideways. - adv.
obliquely GNU Webster's 1913 - adv. Laterally; obliquely; in the
direction of the side. - adv. On the side. - adj. Lateral;
oblique; not being directly in front. - adj. (used especially of
glances) directed to one side with or as if