Hyphenation of sidelong

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word sidelong? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

side-long

Definitions of sidelong:

1.	(used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy Her eyes with their misted askance look- Elizabeth Bowen Sidelong glances
2.	Situated at or extending to the side The lateral branches of a tree Shot out sidelong boughs- Tennyson
3.	Inclining or directed to one side Moved downward in a sidelong way - Bram Stoker
4.	On the side The plow lay sidelong on the ground
5.	With the side toward someone or something Seated sidelong to the window- Nathaniel Hawthorne
6.	To, toward or at one side Darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face

Synonyms of sidelong:

adj	askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty, indirect
adj	lateral, side
adj	inclined
adv	sideways, obliquely

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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