sidely
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English *sideli (adj), sideli (adverb), equivalent to side + -ly. Cognate with German seitlich (“lateral”). Compare also sideling.
Adjective
sidely (comparative more sidely, superlative most sidely)
- (rare, nonstandard) Of or relating to the side (of something); lateral.
- 2001, Torben Riise, The Eyes of The Sphinx:
- “ […] The evidence of that philosophy is found in its perennial focus on a 'this-sidely' world and an 'other-sidely' world.”
- 2001, Torben Riise, The Eyes of The Sphinx:
Adverb
sidely (not comparable)
- (rare, nonstandard) To the side; sideways; laterally; sideling; obliquely; indirectly.
- 2011, Hubert Selby, eBook Architects, LLC, Last Exit to Brooklyn:
- […] satisfying her homosexuality with the keeping of a secret scrapbook of pictures of favorite male actors or athletes or by supervising the activities of young boys or visiting turkish[sic] baths or mens[sic] locker rooms, leering sidely while seeking protection behind a carefully guarded guise of virility […]
- 2011, Hubert Selby, eBook Architects, LLC, Last Exit to Brooklyn: