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Meanings of sidelong in English

Directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion (used especially of glances).

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To, toward or at one side.

Situated at or extending to the side.

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Sidelong.

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Usage of sidelong in English
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He was casting sidelong glances in the direction of the drawing room.
Four Short Stories By Emile Zola
2
Then it happened that she glanced sidelong, through the open south door.
The portable atheist: essential readings for the nonbeliever
3
But the little god looking sidelong was mute in his grey regard.
Henry Brocken / His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange,...
4
The young royalists were laughing and casting sidelong glances at the new-comers.
The Two Brothers
5
Persephone freezes in place and glances sidelong at the Hand of Glory.
The Apocalypse Codex
6
London moved pretty quickly. He shot a sidelong glance at his friend.
Arabian nights with a rake
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She couldn't endure another sidelong glance from her parents, another heavy sigh.
Burned
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She gave me a sidelong glance as if to test my resolve.
Song of the Nile
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There were sidelong glances in the direction of Marona and her friends.
The Shelters of Stone
10
Launce's eye looked in sidelong expectation at the divided and subdivided ham.
Miss or Mrs.?
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They did not regard him directly, but always in little sidelong glances.
The Little Regiment, and Other Episodes of the American Civil Wa...
12
Across from James, Rose merely looked sidelong at him, her brow knitted.
James Potter and the Morrigan Web
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Stares, sidelong looks, peeping out from behind columns, that kind of thing.
The Guardian
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From time to time she cast a sidelong glance at the road.
Fromont and Risler — Volume 3
15
She gave me a shrewd sidelong look... then burst into harsh laughter.
Full dark, no stars
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Hopwil and Morr actually stepped out eagerly, with sidelong glances at Cadsuane.
Wheel of Time [08]: The Path of Daggers
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Sidelong across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common