sideward, adv. and a.
(ˈsaɪdwəd)
[f. side n.1 Cf. MDu. sijtwert, zijdwaert.]
A. adv. Towards one side or the other.
| c 1430 Art Nombryng 3 We writene in this art to the lift side-warde, as arabiene writene, that weren fynders of this science. a 1513 Fabyan Chron. (1516) v. cxxvii. 64/1 Euyn soo became of hym,..he myghte goo or Ryde frowarde or sydewarde, but towarde the Chapell myght he in no wyse atteygne. a 1586 Sidney Arcadia iii. (1605) 278 He fell side-ward downe. 1621 Quarles Argalus & P. (1678) 117 With that blow Amphialus last made, his arm had so O'er⁓struck it self; that sideward to the ground He fell. 1663 Marquis of Worcester Cent. Inv. §95 Whether the Deer run forward, sideward, or start backward. 1831 Blackw. Mag. XXX. 972 Stones far outshooting, or sideward leaving the tee. 1851 Trench Study Words ii. §36 The leaps and springs, now forward, now sideward, now upward. 1888 Harper's Mag. Apr. 740 Frenzied blasts came to buffet the steamer forward, sideward. |
B. adj.
1. Directed, moving, or tending towards one side.
| 1831 Lardner Hydrost. vii. 131 In sailing vessels this sideward inclination is a matter of comparatively slight importance. 1878 Besant & Rice Celia's Arb. I. xi. 152 A few weeks before, and they were..striding with a sideward lurch after cows. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 9 Aug. 2/1 The sun..then rises with a slight sideward movement. |
2. Situated on one side; lateral.
| 1866 Aitken Pract. Med. II. 59 Sharp collision among the blood-discs, passing from sideward veins into a large vessel. |