Laterally vs Sideways - What's the difference?
laterally | sideways |
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Moving or directed toward one side.
(informal) Positioned]] [[#Adverb, sideways (with a side to the front).
(informal) Neither moving upward nor moving downward.
(chiefly, US, colloquial) Not as planned; towards a worse outcome.
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In conflict (with); not compatible (with).
With a side to the front.
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Towards one side.
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*:“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways , as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.
Askance; sidelong.
(lb) Neither upward nor downward.
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As adverbs the difference between laterally and sideways
is that laterally is done in a lateral manner while sideways is with a side to the front.As a noun sideways is
plural of lang=en.As an adjective sideways is
moving or directed toward one side.sideways
English
Noun
(head)- And he was just taking byways and sideways , travelling in the peripheries of civilization, yeah?
- In time our way merged into a throng of cars flowing here and there on the highways and sideways of the north side of Los Angeles.
- Expansion of economic activities resulted in the construction of a so—called fishbone pattern of roads and sideways .
Adjective
(en adjective)- Giving Mary a sideways glance, he said,.
- He gave the ball a sideways kick.
- There was a stack of papers in front of each seat at the table, but each stack was sideways .
- Once we get out of this sideways economy, our figures will more accurately reflect what we're truly capable of.
- We realized the project could go sideways very quickly if we didn't get the sales and marketing people on our side.
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- He was constantly getting sideways with his boss till he got fired.