单词 | sidling |
释义 | sidlingn. The action of sidle v. (in various senses); an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > sideways movement or a sideways movement > [noun] > furtively sidling1756 sidle?1805 1756 Compl. Let.-writer (ed. 2) iv. xxxvii. 175 Her sidling, and swadling, and foolish, unalterable Simper. 1792 Elvina I. 139 It was not 'till after many sidlings and swimmings that she was prevailed on to sit down. 1852 G. C. Mundy Our Antipodes I. viii. 267 To start off at full speed, and thus to get the wheels to ‘bite’ again, is the only way to redeem an incipient sidling. 1890 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 26 143/2 After some sidling of the head and shuffling of the wings. 1958 Tararua 76 The river forced us to do much sidling through the tauhinau and matagouri and across a limestone face. 1990 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 14 June 45/1 After pages of erudite sidlings and ironic doublings back, Adams finally whips out a placard and joins the nutty parade that says The End Is Near. 2002 Hotdog Feb. 63/2 The aisles are so narrow they have to be negotiated by sidling. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). sidlingadj. That sidles or is characterized by sidling; (esp. in early use) obsequious or slyly coaxing in manner. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > sideways movement or a sideways movement > [adjective] sidelingc1155 sidelong1608 sideward?1617 sideway1650 sideways1684 sidelings1768 sidling1821 sidewards1827 sidewinding1867 sidestepping1902 crabwise1904 the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [adjective] go-by-ground?a1300 thrall1398 abjectc1430 manly?c1430 servicious1440 serviceable1483 servile1537 tame1563 slavish1565 demiss1572 submissive1572 cringing1579 fawning1585 incrouching?1593 vassal1594 scraping1599 obsequious1602 spaniel1606 observing1609 deprostrate1610 supplea1616 vernile1623 shrugging1629 wormy1640 compliable1641 thrall-like1641 obeisant1642 inservient1646 truckling1656 cringeling1693 benecking1705 subservient1714 footman-like1776 bingeing1805 sidling1821 toadying1863 crawlsome1904 toadyish1909 crawling1941 ass-kissing1942 1821 A. Moore Sisters IV. ii. 24 The sidling, cringing, fawning manner, as with an air of extreme interest, she looked first at her, and then at Lady Wyedale, prepared Felicia for the attack meditated. 1864 Realm 27 Apr. 1 An apparently quiet, inoffensive, purring, gliding, sidling animal. 1898 Mrs. H. Ward Sir George Tressady 414 [He] walked with rather sidling steps to the door. 1922 Fortn. Rev. 1 Sept. 522 Mr. Minify greeted him with his sidling, hesitating smile. 1995 M. Amis Information (1996) 92 Through the sigh of his cigarette smoke he would see the sidling berk with his tyre-tool, the jagged neck of the smashed beer bottle. 2010 P. Straub Dark Matter 108 He moved toward the entrance with a sloping, sidling walk. Derivatives ˈsidlingly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > state or position of being parallel > [adverb] > abreast side by sidec1275 beside1340 afronta1425 side to side?c1450 sidelingsa1540 abreast1567 evenly1583 breastwise1613 fair1685 sidelong1803 sidlingly1859 1859 National Mag. 6 52/1 Delila approaches..crossing her hands on her heart, and sidlingly crouching towards him. 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country i. 64 Hand in hand,..Or side by side,..On every good work sidlingly they went. 1920 Argosy-Allstory Weekly 23 Oct. 473/2 The puppy, understanding the bark, backed sidlingly to safety. 2005 B. Lynch Winner of Sorrow xxxiii. 191 Sir Cowper..walked up and down faster and faster and then at last sidlingly bolted off into the bushes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1756adj.1821 |
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