sideway adv 1: with one side forward or to the front; "turned sideways to show the profile"; "crabs seeming to walk sidewise" [syn: {sideways}, {sideway}, {sidewise}] 2: from the side; obliquely; "a picture lit sideways"; "scenes viewed sidewise" [syn: {sideway}, {sideways}, {sidewise}] 3: toward one side; "the car slipped sideways into the ditch"; "leaning sideways"; "a figure moving sidewise in the shadows" [syn: {sideways}, {sideway}, {sidewise}]