1. (of movement) at an angle
   "The crab moved sideways across the beach";
   - crabwise

1. With one side forward or to the front
   "turned sideways to show the profile";
   - sideway [rare], sidewise
    
2. From the side; obliquely
   "a picture lit sideways";
   - sideway [rare], sidewise
    
3. In a lateral direction
   "the car slipped sideways into the ditch"; "leaning sideways";
   - sideway [rare], sidewise
    
4. To, toward or at one side
   "darting eyes looking sideways out of a wizened face";
   - sidelong, obliquely
    
5. Indirectly or evasively
   "He approached the topic sideways"

See also: oblique

Encyclopedia: Sideways