Dictionary Definition
sidewise adv
1 toward one side; "the car slipped sideways into
the ditch"; "leaning sideways"; "a figure moving sidewise in the
shadows" [syn: sideways, sideway]
2 with one side forward or to the front; "turned
sideways to show the profile"; "crabs seeming to walk sidewise"
[syn: sideways,
sideway]
3 from the side; obliquely; "a picture lit
sideways"; "scenes viewed sidewise" [syn: sideway, sideways]