- Types Of Speech
- You can use sidelong as a adjective satellite or as a adverb in a sentence.
- About Sidelong
- A 3 syllables adjective satellite and 8 letters with the letters d, e, g, i, l, n, o, and s, 5 consonants, 3 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letters el. Sidelong starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters s, si, sid, side, sidel, and the ending characters are g, ng, ong, long, elong, ..
- Definition
- (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy; "her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen; "sidelong glances"
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- Compound Words
- A compound word, sidelong has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are side, and long.
- School Grade
- Sidelong is set as a sat word that starts with s, ends with g, 3 syllables, 3 vowels and 8 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Sidelong in Pig Latin is said as "idelongsay or idelongsway".
- Unigram
- s | i | d | e | l | o | n | g
- Bigram
- si | id | de | el | lo | on | ng
- Trigram
- sid | ide | del | elo | lon | ong
- Quadrigram
- side | idel | delo | elon | long
- Word Gram
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy;
"her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen;
"sidelong glances" - inclining or directed to one side;
"moved downward in a sidelong way" - Bram Stoker - situated at or extending to the side;
"the lateral branches of a tree";
"shot out sidelong boughs"- Tennyson
- Adverb Examples
- to, toward or at one side;
"darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face" - with the side toward someone or something;
"seated sidelong to the window"- Nathaniel Hawthorne - on the side;
"the plow lay sidelong on the ground"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abdominal External Oblique Muscle | |
| Accumbent | lying down in a position of comfort or rest |
| Amiss | in an imperfect or faulty way "The lobe was imperfectly developed" "Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if she practiced more"- Jane Austen |
| Aside | a message that departs from the main subject |
| Askance | (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy "her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen "sidelong glances" |
| Askant | (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy "her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen "sidelong glances" |
| Askew | turned or twisted toward one side "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff" |
| Aslant | having an oblique or slanted direction |
| Aslope | having an oblique or slanted direction |
| Asquint | (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy "her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen "sidelong glances" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Sidelong
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Sidelong | (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy "her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen "sidelong glances" |
View English words with the unique letters used in sidelong. Words With The Letters Degilnos
| Similar Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Indirect | not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination; "sometimes taking an indirect path saves time"; "must take an indirect couse in sailing" |
Sidelong Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With S
- Ends With G
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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