Definition of "sidewise" [side•wise]

• Sideways. (adverb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The man, half-slipping sidewise from the saddle, so as to fall clear if the mare toppled backward, threw his weight to the front and alongside her neck."
• "For in that instant the she-wolf leaped sidewise from the trail into the clump of spruce trees and disappeared."
• "Bink stooped low and swung the flat of his sword sidewise, sweeping dozens of thumbnail-sized cats into the lake."