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spelled sideways

spelled sideways adverb: indicating an anagram or other approximate rearrangement of the letters in the original term.

Adverb

spelled sideways (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) Indicating an anagram or other approximate rearrangement of the letters in the original term.
    • It truly is a wired (which, remember, is just "weird" spelled sideways) world, and if you feel like you're the only person left who isn't online, this chapter will help.2001, Paul McFedries, The complete idiot's guide to Windows XP

Synonyms of spelled sideways

Origin of spelled sideways

As a play on the phrase "spelled backwards".

Questions about spelled sideways

What does spelled sideways mean?
Spelled sideways means indicating an anagram or other approximate rearrangement of the letters in the original term.
What part of speech is spelled sideways?
Spelled sideways is an adverb.

Words near spelled sideways in the dictionary

  1. spelled doom
  2. spelled it out
  3. spelled off
  4. spelled one's name
  5. spelled out
  6. spelled sideways
  7. spelled someone's name
  8. spelled things out
  9. speller
  10. spellers
  11. spellfire

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