sidely
English
Etymology
From Middle English *sideli (adj), sideli (adverb), equivalent to side + -ly. Cognate with German seitlich (“lateral”). Compare also sideling.
Adjective
Adverb
sidely (not comparable)
- (rare, nonstandard) To the side; sideways; laterally; sideling; obliquely; indirectly.
- 1964, Hubert Selby Jr., Last Exit to Brooklyn, New York: Grove Press:
- […] 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 […]
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