Synonyms for sideways
ˈsaɪdˌweɪzside·ways

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1. crabwise, sidewaysadverb

   (of movement) at an angle

   Synonyms:
   crabwise

   Antonyms:
   perpendicular, parallel

2. sideways, sideway, sidewiseadverb

   with one side forward or to the front

   "turned sideways to show the profile"; "crabs seeming to walk sidewise"

   Synonyms:
   sidelong, obliquely, sidewise, sideway

   Antonyms:
   perpendicular, parallel

3. sideway, sideways, sidewiseadverb

   from the side; obliquely

   "a picture lit sideways"; "scenes viewed sidewise"

   Synonyms:
   sideway, sidelong, obliquely, sidewise

   Antonyms:
   perpendicular, parallel

4. sideways, sideway, sidewiseadverb

   toward one side

   "the car slipped sideways into the ditch"; "leaning sideways"; "a figure moving sidewise in the shadows"

   Synonyms:
   sidelong, obliquely, sidewise, sideway

   Antonyms:
   parallel, perpendicular

5. sidelong, sideways, obliquelyadverb

   to, toward or at one side

   "darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face"

   Synonyms:
   sidewise, aslant, sidelong, obliquely, athwart, sideway

   Antonyms:
   perpendicular, parallel

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1. sidewaysadjective

   Synonyms:
   laterally, SIDEWISE

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1. sidewaysadverb

   Synonyms:
   sidewise, askance, obliquely, laterally

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1. List of paraphrases for "sideways":

   laterally, aside, side

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1. Ken Hasegawa:

   Oil prices may soften if there is an increase in stocks in the U.S. - we can expect a continued increase of inventories, brent and WTI continue to trend sideways, with WTI facing more volatility. Brent has been descending for the past few days and we believe that it is hovering near a support level.

2. The Briton:

   The car was pitched sideways and I collected the barriers. It was just the wrong place at the wrong time, i had a bit of bruising on my feet so it was just my ego and the car that had to suffer.

3. John Saucer:

   Even if you don't necessarily think the market's bottomed, you can have a degree of confidence that we're in a much more sideways pattern, the downward momentum has dissipated and pressure is off implied volatility.

4. Art Hogan:

   We’re going from what had been a very catalyst-heavy period over the last few weeks to a catalyst light period... expect to see the market grind sideways, perhaps slightly higher as we look ahead to what the Federal Reserve might deliver at Jackson Hole.

5. James Judge:

   We had a group of people that were on the ground we had identified that wanted to get out, especially if things went sideways, bryan Stern, who is on our team, could feel the explosions in Kyiv and said, ‘Alright, we need to go, we need to get out of here.’.