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adjective

Sideling adj. Inclining to one side; directed toward one side; sloping; inclined; as, sideling ground.

adverb

Sideling adv. Sidelong; on the side; laterally; also, obliquely; askew. "A fellow nailed up maps... some sideling, and others upside down."

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Etymology of 'Sideling'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Sideling" Quotes from Famous Books

... themselves, leaning on their carts and smoking endless cigarettes. The cabmen are also picturesque in their way. After their return from a "course," tired out from whipping their forlorn horses into the sideling trot which is all they are equal to, and after flicking their ears until they are too lazy to continue, they hang their hats and stockingless feet over the carriage lamps and chew sugar-cane, looking ...

— In the Courts of Memory 1858-1875. • L. de Hegermann-Lindencrone