ˈsidewards, adv.
[f. side n.1 Cf. Du. zijwaarts, G. seitwärts.]
Syduardys in the Promp. Parv. (E.E.T.S.) 410 is app. an error for sydnandys sidenhand.
1. To one side. Cf. sideward adv.
| a 1648 Ld. Herbert Life (1886) 73 When it is requisite only to make a horse go sidewards, it will be enough to keep the reins equal in his hands. 1694 Martens' Voy. Spitzbergen in Acc. Sev. Late Voy. ii. 114 He doth not look downwards, but streight before, and sidewards. 1807 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. XXIII. 13 The rash fling sidewards. 1912 J. Stephens Crock of Gold vi. 57 He was not looking at her but far away sidewards across the spreading hill. |
2. In a position on one side; aside. Also const. of or from.
| 1723 Pres. State Russia II. 410 Docks for building of Ships are now Sidewards of the Citadel. 1827 Carlyle Germ. Rom. II. 139 Sidewards from the farm-house lay some offices for the storing of produce and implements. 1871 B. Taylor Faust (1875) I. xiv. 153 And side-wards she, with young unwakened senses, Her simple, homely life commences. |