Sidely vs Snidely - What's the difference?
sidely | snidely |
Of or relating to the side (of something); lateral.
*1988 , Peter Claus Wolfgang Gutkind, Third World workers: comparative international labour studies :
*1995 , David K. Clark, Robert Vincent Rakestraw, Readings in Christian Ethics: Issues and applications :
*2001 , Torben Riise, The Eyes of The Sphinx :
To the side; sideways; laterally; sideling; obliquely; indirectly.
*2011 , Hubert Selby, eBook Architects, LLC, Last Exit to Brooklyn :
As adverbs the difference between sidely and snidely
is that sidely is to the side; sideways; laterally; sideling; obliquely; indirectly while snidely is in a snide manner.As an adjective sidely
is of or relating to the side (of something); lateral.sidely
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- "On the face of it," Bundy (1979:198) argued, "refoulement is so vigorous, and a land allocation so lop-sidely in favour of the dispossessors made impossible the creation of peasantry."
- More than that, it reveals a one-sidely individualistic view of our humanity.
- “[...] The evidence of that philosophy is found in its perennial focus on a 'this-sidely'' world and an 'other-' sidely' world.”
Adverb
(en-adv)- [...] satisfying her homosexuality with the keeping of a secret scrapbook of pictures of favorite male actors or athletes or by supervising the activities of young boys or visiting turkish baths or mens locker rooms, leering sidely while seeking protection behind a carefully guarded guise of [...]
