[
  {
    "word": "sideways",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8sa\u026adwe\u026az/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8sa\u026adwe\u026az/",
        "audio": ""
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A footpath near a road.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A byway.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Moving or directed toward one side.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He gave the ball a sideways kick."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Positioned sideways (with a side to the front).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "There was a stack of papers in front of each seat at the table, but each stack was sideways."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Neither moving upward nor moving downward.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Once we get out of this sideways economy, our figures will more accurately reflect what we're truly capable of."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Not as planned; towards a worse outcome.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "We realized the project could go sideways very quickly if we didn't get the sales and marketing people on our side."
          },
          {
            "definition": "(usually with \"with\") In conflict (with); not compatible (with).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He was constantly getting sideways with his boss till he got fired."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "With a side to the front.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He builds houses sideways, with the front door on the side."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Towards one side.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "A bishop moves only diagonally; a rook, only sideways, forward, and back.\u2003 He looked sideways at the new arrival, wondering who she was."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Askance; sidelong.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Neither upward nor downward.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The economy has been moving sideways for several months now."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sideway",
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sideways"
    ]
  }
]