sidewise

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Sidewise \Side"wise`\, adv.
   On or toward one side; laterally; sideways.
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         I saw them mask their awful glance
         Sidewise meek in gossamer lids.          --Emerson.
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