Difference between Sidewise and Sideways

What is the difference between Sidewise and Sideways?

Sidewise as an adverb is sideways while Sideways as an adverb is with a side to the front.

Sidewise

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: sideways

Sideways

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: With a side to the front.Towards one side.Askance; sidelong.

Example sentence: If I've got a problem with one of my clients that needs to get solved, guess what I'm going to do? I'm going to call them up, and I'm going to say, 'Hey, here's what's going on. This is the situation. This thing went sideways. I didn't expect it. Now it's going to take me some more time to get you what you need.' But I'm going to do that upfront.

We hope you now know whether to use Sidewise or Sideways in your sentence.

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