| Main Entry: | askance |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | sideways |
Synonyms: |
askew, disapprovingly, disdainfully, dubiously, obliquely, sidelong, sideways, skeptically, suspiciously |
| Main Entry: | indirect |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | roundabout; unintended |
Synonyms: |
ambiguous, ancillary, circuitous, circular, circumlocutory, collateral, complicated, contingent, crooked, devious, discursive, duplicitous, erratic, eventual, implied, incidental, long, long way home, long-drawn-out, long-winded, meandering, oblique, obscure, out-of-the-way, periphrastic, rambling, secondary, serpentine, sidelong, sinister, sinuous, snaking, sneaking, sneaky, subsidiary, tortuous, twisting, underhand, vagrant, wandering, winding, zigzag |
Antonyms: |
direct, straight, straightforward |
| Main Entry: | lateral |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sideways |
Synonyms: |
crabwise, edgeways, flanking, oblique, side, side-by-side, sidelong, sideward, sidewise, skirting |
Antonyms: |
centered, central |
| Main Entry: | oblique |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indirect, evasive |
Synonyms: |
backhanded, circuitous, circular, circumlocutory, collateral, devious, implied, obliquitous, obscure, roundabout, sidelong, vague |
| Notes: | oblique means slanting or inclined in direction or course or position - or misleading; opaque means not transmitting or reflecting light - or not clearly understood or expressed |
Antonyms: |
direct, forthright, straightforward |
| Main Entry: | side |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | minor; flanking |
Synonyms: |
ancillary, incidental, indirect, lateral, lesser, marginal, not the main, oblique, off-center, postern, roundabout, secondary, sidelong, sideward, sideways, sidewise, skirting, subordinate, subsidiary, superficial |
Antonyms: |
important, major, serious |
| Main Entry: | sideways |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | to the edge, exteriority |
Synonyms: |
alongside, aside, aslant, aslope, athwart, broadside, crabwise, edgeways, indirectly, laterally, obliquely, side by side, sidelong, sidewards, slanting, slantingly, slantwise, sloping, to the side |
| Main Entry: | obliquely |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | cornerways |
Synonyms: |
cater-corner, catty-corner, cornerwise, diagonally, kitty-corner, sidelong |
| Main Entry: | lateral |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
Related
Adjectives: |
lateral, Hesperian, bilateral, collateral, contralateral, dextral, eastern, flanked, flanking, ipsilateral, levantine, many-sided, multilateral, occidental, occiduous, orient, oriental, parallel, parietal, ponent, quadrilateral, right-handed, sideling, sidelong, skirting, synallagmatic, trilateral, western
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