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sideways-on

sideways-on adjective: of a stance in which something is positioned at right angles to its expected orientation.

Adjective

sideways-on (comparative more sideways-on, superlative most sideways-on)

  1. Of a stance in which something is positioned at right angles to its expected orientation.
    • In this paper we show that these shapes are often not spherical, being shorter in their 'head-on' contacts than in their 'sideways-on' contacts.1985, SC Nyburg, CH Faerman, “A revision of van der Waals atomic radii for molecular crystals: N, O, F, S, Cl, Se, Br and I bonded to carbon”, in Acta Crystallographica Section B STRUCTURAL SCIENCE...
    • The attacking player should also be in a sideways-on stance to receive the ball. This stance refers to the position of the attacker's body—one foot is toward the defender and the other foot toward the oncoming ball.2006, James W. Lennox, Janet Rayfield, Bill Steffen, Soccer Skills and Drills, page 28

Forms of sideways-on

comparativemore sideways-on
superlativemost sideways-on

Questions about sideways-on

What does sideways-on mean?
Sideways-on means of a stance in which something is positioned at right angles to its expected orientation.
What part of speech is sideways-on?
Sideways-on is an adjective.

Words near sideways-on in the dictionary

  1. sideward
  2. sidewardly
  3. sidewards
  4. sideway
  5. sideways
  6. sideways-on
  7. sidewheel
  8. sidewheeler
  9. sidewheelers
  10. sidewheels
  11. sidewhiskered

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