different between sidelong vs sidle

English

Etymology

1520s, from Middle English sidlyng (early 14th century), from side + -lyng (“(frequentative)”) (modern English -le (“(frequentative)”)). Reanalyzed as side +? long.

Adjective

sidelong (not comparable)

1. Directed to the side; sideways.

2. Slanting or sloping; oblique.
3. Indirect; suggestive; not straightforward.

4. Along the side of something.

Synonyms

• inside-out (rare, obs.)

Translations

Adverb

sidelong (comparative more sidelong, superlative most sidelong)

1. Towards the side; sideways.
2. obliquely

Related terms

• sidle
• sideling, sidling

References

Anagrams

• doelings, glenoids, on-glides, onglides

English

Etymology

The verb is from side +? -le (frequentative suffix), possibly a back-formation from sideling (“in a sidelong direction; askew, obliquely”, adverb), treating that word as the present participle of sidle.

The noun is derived from the verb.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sa?dl/
• (General American) enPR: s?d-(?)l, IPA^(key): /?sa?d?l/
• Rhymes: -a?d(?)l
• Hyphenation: sid?le

Verb

sidle (third-person singular simple present sidles, present participle sidling, simple past and past participle sidled)

1. (transitive, intransitive, also figuratively) To (cause something to) move sideways. [from late 17th c.]
2. (transitive, intransitive, also figuratively) In the intransitive sense often followed by up: to (cause something to) advance in a coy, furtive, or unobtrusive manner.

Derived terms

• sidling (noun)

Related terms

Translations

See also

• crablike

Noun

sidle (plural sidles)

1. An act of sidling.
   1. A sideways movement.
   2. A furtive advance.

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Diels, Seidl, delis, idles, isled, leids, siled, sleid, slide

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i.dl?/

Noun

sidle n

1. locative singular of sid?o