[onlybeforenoun] (of a look) out of the corner of your eye, especially in a way that is secret or disapproving:
She cast a sidelong glance at Eric to see if he had noticed her blunder.
sidelong adverb:
She looked sidelong at him.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for sidelong is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is sidelong a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, sidelong is tagged as adjective.
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