Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sideways \Side"ways`\, adv.
   Toward the side; sidewise.

         A second refraction made sideways.       --Sir I.
                                                  Newton.

         His beard, a good palm's length, at least, . . . Shot
         sideways, like a swallow's wings.        --Longfellow.

Source : WordNet®

sideways
     adj : (of movement) at an angle [syn: {crabwise}]
     adv 1: with one side forward or to the front; "turned sideways to
            show the profile"; "crabs seeming to walk sidewise"
            [syn: {sideway}, {sidewise}]
     2: from the side; obliquely; "a picture lit sideways"; "scenes
        viewed sidewise" [syn: {sideway}, {sidewise}]
     3: toward one side; "the car slipped sideways into the ditch";
        "leaning sideways"; "a figure moving sidewise in the
        shadows" [syn: {sideway}, {sidewise}]
     4: to, toward or at one side; "darting eyes looking sidelong
        out of a wizened face" [syn: {sidelong}, {obliquely}]