SIDEWAYS


Meaning of SIDEWAYS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ saɪdweɪz ]

1.

Sideways means from or towards the side of something or someone.

Piercey glanced sideways at her...

The ladder blew sideways...

He was facing sideways.

ADV : ADV after v

Sideways is also an adjective.

Alfred shot him a sideways glance.

ADJ : ADJ n

2.

If you are moved sideways at work, you move to another job at the same level as your old job.

He would be moved sideways, rather than demoted.

ADV : ADV after v

Sideways is also an adjective.

...her recent sideways move.

ADJ : ADJ n

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