Dictionary definition · sidelong
adjective
- (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"
- situated at or extending to the side"the lateral branches of a tree"
- inclining or directed to one side"moved downward in a sidelong way"
adverb
- on the side"the plow lay sidelong on the ground"
- with the side toward someone or something"seated sidelong to the window"
- to, toward or at one side"darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).