Sideways - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈsaɪdweɪz|  American pronunciation of the word sideways
Brit.  |ˈsaɪdweɪz|  British pronunciation of the word sideways

adverb

- with one side forward or to the front (syn: sideway)
turned sideways to show the profile
- from the side; obliquely (syn: sideway)
a picture lit sideways
- toward one side (syn: sideway)
the car slipped sideways into the ditch
leaning sideways
- to, toward or at one side (syn: obliquely, sidelong)

adjective

- (of movement) at an angle

Extra examples

The bowler put a sideways spin on the ball.

If you don't cut off some of the branches, that tree will bush out sideways.

All her friends were knocked sideways when she rang them and told them she had got spliced.

His daughter's death knocked Tom sideways.

I lost control of the car and it slewed sideways into the ditch.

As it came into land, the plane tilted sideways.

The car slid sideways, its rear wheels spinning.

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