different between widely vs sidely

English

Etymology

From Middle English wijdly, equivalent to wide +? -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?wa?dli/

Adverb

widely (comparative widelier or more widely, superlative wideliest or most widely)

1. In a wide manner; across a wide area.
2. (figuratively) Commonly; generally; to a great degree.
   • 1948, Carey McWilliams, North from Mexico / The Spanish-Speaking People of The United States, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 75,

     In 1866 Colonel J. F. Meline noted that the rebozo had almost disappeared in Santa Fe and that hoop skirts, on sale in the stores, were being widely used.

Translations

Anagrams

• Wildey, dewily, wieldy

English

Etymology

From Middle English *sideli (adj), sideli (adverb), equivalent to side +? -ly. Cognate with German seitlich (“lateral”). Compare also sideling.

Adjective

sidely (comparative more sidely, superlative most sidely)

1. (rare, nonstandard) Of or relating to the side (of something); lateral.
   • 2001, Torben Riise, The Eyes of The Sphinx:

     “ […] The evidence of that philosophy is found in its perennial focus on a 'this-sidely' world and an 'other-sidely' world.”

Adverb

sidely (not comparable)

1. (rare, nonstandard) To the side; sideways; laterally; sideling; obliquely; indirectly.
   • 2011, Hubert Selby, eBook Architects, LLC, Last Exit to Brooklyn:

     […] 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^[sic] baths or mens^[sic] locker rooms, leering sidely while seeking protection behind a carefully guarded guise of virility […]

Anagrams

• Disley, slidey, yields, ylides