Difference between Sidelong and Inclined

What is the difference between Sidelong and Inclined?

Sidelong as an adjective is directed to the side; sideways. while Inclined as an adjective is at an angle to the horizontal; slanted or sloped.

Sidelong

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Directed to the side; sideways. Slanting or sloping; oblique. Indirect; suggestive; not straightforward.

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: Towards the side; sideways. obliquely

Inclined

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: At an angle to the horizontal; slanted or sloped.Having a tendency, preference, likelihood, or disposition.

Example sentence: Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world.

We hope you now know whether to use Sidelong or Inclined in your sentence.

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