Sideways — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

(of movement) at an angle

with one side forward or to the front

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/sˈaɪdweɪz/

🇬🇧British English

/sˈaɪdweɪz/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˈaɪdweɪz/

3 syllables Say it as /sˈaɪdweɪz/.

Examples

turned sideways to show the profile
crabs seeming to walk sidewise
a picture lit sideways

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

obliquely sideway sidewise crabwise sidelong

Parts of Speech

adjective	(of movement) at an angle
adverb	with one side forward or to the front “turned sideways to show the profile”
adverb	from the side; obliquely “a picture lit sideways”
adverb	toward one side “the car slipped sideways into the ditch”
adverb	to, toward or at one side “darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

seitwärts

(der Bewegung) in einem Winkel

🇫🇷French

de côté

(de mouvement) sous un angle

🇪🇸Spanish

oblicuo

(de movimiento) en ángulo

🇮🇹Italian

lateralmente

(di movimento) ad angolo

🇳🇱Dutch

zijwaarts

(van beweging) in een hoek

🇵🇹Portuguese

lateralmente

(de movimento) em um ângulo

🇷🇺Russian

вбок

(движения) под углом

India

🇮🇳Hindi

बग़ल में

(आंदोलन का) एक कोण पर

🇧🇩Bengali

পাশে

(চলাচলের) একটি কোণে

🇮🇳Tamil

பக்கவாட்டாக

(இயக்கத்தின்) ஒரு கோணத்தில்

🇮🇳Telugu

పక్కకి

(కదలిక) ఒక కోణంలో

🇮🇳Marathi

बाजूला

(हालचालीचे) एका कोनात

🇮🇳Gujarati

પડખોપડખ

(ચળવળનું) એક ખૂણા પર

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪಕ್ಕಕ್ಕೆ

(ಚಲನೆಯ) ಒಂದು ಕೋನದಲ್ಲಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വശത്തേക്ക്

(ചലനത്തിൻ്റെ) ഒരു കോണിൽ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪਾਸੇ

(ਗਤੀਸ਼ੀਲਤਾ ਦਾ) ਇੱਕ ਕੋਣ ਤੇ

🇵🇰Urdu

طرف

(حرکت کا) ایک زاویہ پر

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

侧身

（运动）以某个角度

🇯🇵Japanese

横向き

（動きの）ある角度で

🇰🇷Korean

샛길

(움직임이) 비스듬히

🇻🇳Vietnamese

đi ngang

(của chuyển động) ở một góc

🇹🇭Thai

ด้านข้าง

(การเคลื่อนไหว) ในมุม

🇮🇩Indonesian

ke samping

(gerakan) pada suatu sudut

🇵🇭Filipino

patagilid

(ng paggalaw) sa isang anggulo

🇲🇾Malay

sisi

(pergerakan) pada suatu sudut

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

جانبية

(الحركة) بزاوية

🇮🇷Persian

به پهلو

(از حرکت) در یک زاویه

🇹🇷Turkish

yanlara

(hareket) belli bir açıyla

🇮🇱Hebrew

הַצִידָה

(של תנועה) בזווית

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