Sideway vs. Sideways

Sideway vs. Sideways — Is There a Difference?

Difference Between Sideway and Sideways

Sidewayadverb

Toward one side

took a step sideways.a sideways glance.

Sidewaysadverb

Toward one side

took a step sideways.a sideways glance.

Sidewayadverb

From one side

a painting lit sideways.sideways pressure.

Sidewaysadverb

From one side

a painting lit sideways.sideways pressure.

Sidewayadverb

With the side forward

turned sideways to show the profile.a sideways view.

Sidewaysadverb

With the side forward

turned sideways to show the profile.a sideways view.

Sidewaynoun

A footpath near a road.

Sidewaysnoun

plural of sideway

Sidewaynoun

A byway.

Sidewaysadjective

Moving or directed toward one side.

Giving Mary a sideways glance, he said,....He gave the ball a sideways kick.

Sidewayadjective

sidelong

Sidewaysadjective

(informal) Positioned sideways with a side to the front.

There was a stack of papers in front of each seat at the table, but each stack was sideways.

Sidewayadverb

sideways

Sidewaysadjective

(informal) Neither moving upward nor moving downward.

Once we get out of this sideways economy, our figures will more accurately reflect what we're truly capable of.

Sidewayadverb

with one side forward or to the front;

turned sideways to show the profilecrabs seeming to walk sidewise

Sidewaysadjective

Not as planned; towards a worse outcome.

We realized the project could go sideways very quickly if we didn't get the sales and marketing people on our side.

Sidewayadverb

from the side; obliquely;

a picture lit sidewaysscenes viewed sidewise

Sidewaysadjective

In conflict (with); not compatible (with).

He was constantly getting sideways with his boss till he got fired.

Sidewayadverb

toward one side;

the car slipped sideways into the ditchleaning sidewaysa figure moving sidewise in the shadows

Sidewaysadverb

With a side to the front.

He builds houses sideways, with the front door on the side.

Sidewaysadverb

Towards one side.

A bishop moves only diagonally; a rook, only sideways, forward, and back.He looked sideways at the new arrival, wondering who she was.

Sidewaysadverb

Askance; sidelong.

Sidewaysadverb

(informal) Neither upward nor downward.

The economy has been moving sideways for several months now.

Sidewaysadjective

(of movement) at an angle

Sidewaysadverb

with one side forward or to the front;

turned sideways to show the profilecrabs seeming to walk sidewise

Sidewaysadverb

from the side; obliquely;

a picture lit sidewaysscenes viewed sidewise

Sidewaysadverb

toward one side;

the car slipped sideways into the ditchleaning sidewaysa figure moving sidewise in the shadows

Sidewaysadverb

to, toward or at one side;

darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face