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sidelong

adverb
  1. to, toward or at one side
    “darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face”
    obliquely
  2. with the side toward someone or something
    “seated sidelong to the window- Nathaniel Hawthorne”
  3. on the side
    “the plow lay sidelong on the ground”
adjective
  1. (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
    askance
  2. inclining or directed to one side
    “moved downward in a sidelong way - Bram Stoker”
  3. situated at or extending to the side
    lateral