broadside on

adverb

sideways on.

“The ship swung broadside on to the current of the river.”

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Meanings

adverbbroadside on (not comparable)
  1. not comparablesideways on.

    The ship swung broadside on to the current of the river.

    1 more example

    The rain had ceased now, but the wind was higher than ever, and once we were out of the shelter of Flax Bourton cutting we caught the full force of it broadside-on, straight off the Severn Sea.

    1945 September and October, O. S. Nock, “Wartime Locomotive Working on the G.W.R.—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 258
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APA

broadside on. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/broadside%20on

MLA

“broadside on.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/broadside%20on. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “broadside on,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/broadside%20on.

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