sideways 
(of movement) at an angle • Syn: crabwise • Similar to: oblique
1. to, toward or at one side - darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face • Syn: sidelong, obliquely 2. with one side forward or to the front - turned sideways to show the profile - crabs seeming to walk sidewise • Syn: sideway, sidewise 3. from the side; obliquely - a picture lit sideways - scenes viewed sidewise • Syn: sideway, sidewise 4. toward one side - the car slipped sideways into the ditch - leaning sideways - a figure moving sidewise in the shadows • Syn: sideway, sidewise
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