Inside the Universes

Words with a similar base: sidewise

'sidewise'

[sideways.r.03] as in: toward one side

Examples:
the car slipped sideways into the ditch
leaning sideways
a figure moving sidewise in the shadows

'sidewise'

[sideways.r.01] as in: with one side forward or to the front

Examples:
turned sideways to show the profile
crabs seeming to walk sidewise

'sidewise'

[sideway.r.02] as in: from the side; obliquely

Examples:
a picture lit sideways
scenes viewed sidewise

Origins

					sidewise (English)
├── -wise (English)
│   └── wise (English)
│       ├── wis (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
│       ├── wise (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
│       └── wisen (Middle English (1100-1500))
│           └── wisian (Middle English (1100-1500))
└── side (English)
    └── side (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
        └── sithon (Proto-Germanic)