sideways
part of speech
adverb; adjective (sideways)
meaning for a pupil
1) Sideways means to the side, or moving with one side first. tree →
2) Sideways means from the side, as in a sideways look. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life, «turn sideways» to fit through a gap, and crabs famously walk sideways. In PE, a sideways step or sideways jump is a movement to the side. In maths, a shape moved sideways has moved left or right (a translation), not up or down. In safety, look sideways (left and right) before crossing. In stories «a sideways glance» means looking without turning your head, often secretly.
examples
- Crabs walk sideways. tree →
- Turn sideways to squeeze through the door. tree →
- Take two steps sideways. tree →
- She gave me a sideways look. tree →
- Move the triangle 3 squares sideways to the right. tree →
- The car slid sideways on the ice. tree →
- Hold the book sideways to read the map. tree →
- The old, lone wolf leaped sideways, snarling, and slunk away. tree →
note
Same form as adverb and adjective. Also «sidewise» (American, rare). In maths translations, «sideways» means a change only in the horizontal direction (left or right).
In the corpora
- Sifakas are lemurs built for leaping between trees, so on the ground they bounce sideways with their arms up, like dancers.
- Sifakas are leaping lemurs that hop sideways on two legs across open ground and can leap about ten metres from tree to tree.
- The sidewinder snake moves sideways and touches the hot sand at only two points, leaving J-shaped tracks.
- She describes him: round and flat, eyes on stalks, walking sideways, with strong armour on his back.
- "Gone sideways" (US slang) means gone wrong.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «sideways» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.