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单词 sideways
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sidewaysadverb, adjective

uk/ˈsaɪd.weɪz/us/ˈsaɪd.weɪz/

C2 in a direction to the left or right, not forwards or backwards:

The fence is leaning sideways.
If you would move sideways to the left, I can get everyone in the picture.

More examples

  • It would be easier to get the bookcase through the doorway if we turned it sideways on .
  • Crabs walk with a sideways motion.
  • Can you move the chairs sideways a bit?
  • We turned the table sideways to make more room.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Backwards, sideways and back and forth

  • anticlockwise
  • aside
  • back
  • back and forth idiom
  • backward
  • backwards
  • broadside
  • counterclockwise
  • hither
  • hither and thither idiom
  • retro
  • right/wrong way round idiom
  • side
  • stand
  • stand back
  • there
  • there and back idiom
  • to and fro
  • to-ing and fro-ing
  • wrong

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sidewaysadjective, adverb [ not gradable ]

us/ˈsɑɪdˌweɪz/

from one side to another, or with a side to the front:

If you’d move sideways I could see better.
Turn the table sideways.

If you look at something sideways, you do not look at it directly.

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