sidelong

[sahyd-lawng, -long] /ˈsaɪdˌlɔŋ, -ˌlɒŋ/
adjective
1.
directed to one side:
a sidelong glance.
2.
inclined or slanting to one side.
3.
indirect; roundabout:
sidelong comments about his appearance.
adverb
4.
toward the side; obliquely.
Origin
1515-25; side1 + long1
Examples from the web for sidelong
  • There will be a brief sidelong glance at a landscape, and then he's drawing it.
  • Rather, it was the sly notes, the threats and the sidelong glances of her fellow students.
  • Even in newer movies, the cinematic city has frequently offered a backward or sidelong escape from the post-9/11 real thing.
  • Stella eventually comes of age by becoming part of that network of sidelong glances.
  • Most people find accommodations between the religious mainstream and their own sidelong rivulets.
  • In this image, the artist presents a selective, sidelong look at a city street scene.
  • The flight of the iguana: a sidelong view of science and nature.
  • Garibaldi himself gave me slap on the back and shot me a sidelong glance.
  • The flight of the iguana a sidelong view of science and nature.
British Dictionary definitions for sidelong

sidelong

/ˈsaɪdˌlɒŋ/
adjective (prenominal)
1.
directed or inclining to one side
2.
indirect or oblique
adverb
3.
from the side; obliquely
Word Origin and History for sidelong
adv.

"towartd the side," 1570s, alteration of Middle English sidlyng (see sidle), probably by influence of side (n.) + long (adj.). As an adjective from 1590s.