Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SIDE-WAYS, or SIDE-WISE
SIDE-WAYS, or SIDE-WISE, adv. [side and way; but sidewise is the proper combination.]
- Toward one side; inclining; as, to hold the head sidewise.
- Laterally; on one side; as, the refraction of light sidewise. – Newton.
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