(adv.) Laterally; obliquely; in the direction of the side.
(adv.) On the side; as, to lay a thing sidelong.
(a.) Lateral; oblique; not being directly in front; as, a sidelong glance.
Example Sentences:
(1) With such knowledge comes a predictable illusion of power, though this is all too regularly punctured by the indignity of being kicked out of shiny receptions and told to use an entrance more befitting of our lowly status – or of having my pronunciation of “Southwark Street” incorrectly corrected by a receptionist, who gives her colleague a sidelong smirk, commiserating over my supposed ignorance.
(2) For the record, British people have been doing this sort of thing naturally and without the aid of technology for centuries – that is, issuing a sidelong response during an awkward encounter, a protocol that escalates, in times of outright conflict, to the tangential screw-you.
(3) Fitzgerald gives me a sidelong glance and adds: "I have to stop being quoted there.
(4) A few months later, the Eid video’s sidelong references to fighting and jihad were placed in a much starker contrast, in a release that again focused on Isis’s substantial foreign fighter contingent.
(5) But apart from the odd sidelong glance, she didn't seem to make the connection.
(6) After a while I felt my mind wandering and enviously glanced sidelong at my fellow members, most of whom appeared positively riveted.
(7) RT @chucktodd : Only reason Senate GOP isn't meeting tonight to look over potential deal, not all senators are back in DC right now October 14, 2013 • Sidelong glances already are being thrown in the direction of House speaker John Boehner.
(8) Stares, sidelong looks, peeping out from behind columns, that kind of thing.
Straightforward
Definition:
(a.) Proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating; honest; frank.
(adv.) In a straightforward manner.
Example Sentences:
(1) One would expect banks to interpret this in a common sense and straightforward way without trying to circumvent it."
(2) And finally there is straightforward cannibalism in which humans hunt, kill and eat other humans because they have a preference for human flesh.
(3) His next target, apart from the straightforward matter of retaining his champion's title this winter, is 4,182, being the number of winners trained by Martin Pipe, with whom he had seven highly productive years at the start of his career.
(4) On examples from their own practice the authors draw attention to the that the diagnosis and treatment of this disease is not always as straightforward as might appear from the literature.
(5) The IAP technique was straightforward to perform, it yielded quick results, and was highly reproducible, provided that a standardised short fixation period of two and a half hours was used.
(6) Modern anesthetic and surgical techniques have made the operation much safer and more straightforward.
(7) The fact that the leave campaign are getting things as straightforward as this wrong should call into judgment the bigger argument about leaving the EU.” He said out campaigners were trying to persuade people to vote for Brexit solely on the back of an issue “that is not true”.
(8) If the observed odds ratios in the data follow this pattern, the model-predicted odds ratios will be accurate, and the meaning of the odds ratio for each risk factor will be straightforward.
(9) The stomach must need some respite from the cold shock of missing relatively straightforward opportunities.
(10) An intradermal skin test with 1 : 100 dilution of 2-5 per cent thiopentone was positive and subsequent anaesthesia without thiopentone was straightforward.
(11) Inside the building, the gallery spaces are curiously straightforward.
(12) A different, more straightforwardly anti-cuts message could perhaps consolidate a left-vote in a PR system, but is unlikely to work for a party seeking to lead.
(13) Written partnership agreements, employment contracts and related documents may seem to complicate what appears to be a straightforward arrangement, and can make a close relationship somewhat more impersonal.
(14) Use of the proportional-response photon counter makes the measurement straightforward and more accurate.
(15) A straightforward information-processing model describes the mental processes that are used in deciding whether a sentence is true or false of an accompanying picture.
(16) The surest sign of malign intention in financial dealings is a failure to be straightforward about the fees.
(17) With attention to detail, prosthesis sizing is straightforward using intraoperative determination of corporeal girth and total corporeal length.
(18) However the advent of computer-based image analysers offers a more straightforward, although less direct, method of making such measurements.
(19) A straightforward decision-making process was found among males, but more complicated influences exist for females.
(20) Woodward maintained that it would be simple to thrash out a "straightforward commercial settlement".