Sidelong - English meaning

adverb

With an attitude or look of suspicion or disapproval.

Usage examples:

The reformers looked askance at the mystical tradition

adverb

To look at or think about someone or something with doubt, disapproval, or no trust

Usage examples:

They looked askance at our scruffy clothes.

adjective

Not openly acknowledged or displayed.

Usage examples:

Covert operations against the dictatorship

noun

A thicket in which game can hide.

Usage examples:

I couldn't help but admire the beautifully laid out game crops and newly-planted coverts.

adjective

Hidden or secret

Usage examples:

Covert military operations

adverb

Without being openly acknowledged or displayed; secretly.

Usage examples:

A transcript of a covertly taped meeting

adverb

Secretly, or in a hidden way

Usage examples:

Terrorists have been operating covertly in england.

adjective

Attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble; secretive.

Usage examples:

They spent a furtive day together

adjective

Done or acting secretly and quietly to avoid being noticed

Usage examples:

They exchanged furtive gestures and words of encouragement., she glanced furtively at the papers on…

adjective

(of people) behaving secretly and often dishonestly, or (of actions) done secretly and often dishonestly

Usage examples:

Furtive glance i saw him cast a furtive glance at the woman at the table to his right., he made one…

adverb

In a way that attempts to avoid notice or attention; secretively.

Usage examples:

I furtively glanced over at my father to see his reaction

adverb

Secretly and often dishonestly

Usage examples:

As she turned away i saw him sniff furtively under his arm., she saw him talking furtively to anoth…

adjective

Not directly caused by or resulting from something.

Usage examples:

Full employment would have an indirect effect on wage levels

adjective

Happening in addition to an intended result

Usage examples:

Several other people were hurt as an indirect result of his carelessness., an indirect route, ranso…

adjective

Not done or communicated in a direct way

Usage examples:

We decided to take an indirect approach to tackling the problem of absenteeism., he made only an in…

adverb

In a way that is not directly caused by something; incidentally.

Usage examples:

The losses indirectly affect us all

adverb

In a way that is not direct or not connected in a simple way

Usage examples:

She controls the company indirectly, through a hand-picked board of directors.

adjective

Neither parallel nor at right angles to a specified or implied line; slanting.

Usage examples:

We sat on the settee oblique to the fireplace

noun

Another term for slash1 (sense 2 of the noun).

adverb

Not in a direct way; indirectly.

Usage examples:

He referred only obliquely to current events

adverb

Said in a way that is not direct, so that the real meaning is not immediately clear

Usage examples:

The article refers to the controversy only obliquely.

noun

A position to the left or right of an object, place, or central point.

Usage examples:

A town on the other side of the river

verb

Support or oppose in a conflict, dispute, or debate.

Usage examples:

He felt that max had betrayed him by siding with beatrice

adverb

Another term for sideways.

adverb

To, towards, or from the side.

Usage examples:

She tilted her body sideways

adjective

Directed or moving to, towards, or from the side.

Usage examples:

He hurried towards his office without a sideways glance

adjective

Having or showing a cunning and deceitful nature.

Usage examples:

A sly, manipulative woman

adjective

Not letting others know true opinions or intentions, or dishonest

Usage examples:

She thought that by being sly, she could fool people., a cat can be a very sly animal., he winked s…

adverb

In a cunning and deceitful or manipulative manner.

Usage examples:

They slyly manipulate situations to their own favour

adjective

Kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of.

Usage examples:

Low wages were supplemented by surreptitious payments from tradesmen

adjective

Done secretly, without anyone seeing or knowing

Usage examples:

A surreptitious glance

adverb

In a way that attempts to avoid notice or attention; secretively.

Usage examples:

Mary surreptitiously slipped from the room

adverb

Secretly, without anyone seeing or knowing

Usage examples:

Joe surreptitiously had a look in the answer book., an audiotape of the surreptitiously recorded co…