Definition for SIDE-WAYS, or SIDE-WISE

SIDE-WAYS, or SIDE-WISE, adv. [side and way; but sidewise is the proper combination.]

  1. Toward one side; inclining; as, to hold the head sidewise.
  2. Laterally; on one side; as, the refraction of light sidewise. – Newton.

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