Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to sidle
Participle: sidled
Gerund: sidling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | sidle |
| you | sidle |
| he;she;it | sidles |
| we | sidle |
| you | sidle |
| they | sidle |
Perfect
| I | have sidled |
| you | have sidled |
| he;she;it | has sidled |
| we | have sidled |
| you | have sidled |
| they | have sidled |
Past
| I | sidled |
| you | sidled |
| he;she;it | sidled |
| we | sidled |
| you | sidled |
| they | sidled |
Pluperfect
| I | had sidled |
| you | had sidled |
| he;she;it | had sidled |
| we | had sidled |
| you | had sidled |
| they | had sidled |
Future
| I | will sidle |
| you | will sidle |
| he;she;it | will sidle |
| we | will sidle |
| you | will sidle |
| they | will sidle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have sidled |
| you | will have sidled |
| he;she;it | will have sidled |
| we | will have sidled |
| you | will have sidled |
| they | will have sidled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | sidle |
| you | sidle |
| he;she;it | sidle |
| we | sidle |
| you | sidle |
| they | sidle |
Perfect
| I | have sidled |
| you | have sidled |
| he;she;it | have sidled |
| we | have sidled |
| you | have sidled |
| they | have sidled |
Imperfect
| I | sidled |
| you | sidled |
| he;she;it | sidled |
| we | sidled |
| you | sidled |
| they | sidled |
Pluperfect
| I | had sidled |
| you | had sidled |
| he;she;it | had sidled |
| we | had sidled |
| you | had sidled |
| they | had sidled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would sidle |
| you | would sidle |
| he;she;it | would sidle |
| we | would sidle |
| you | would sidle |
| they | would sidle |
Perfect
| I | would have sidled |
| you | would have sidled |
| he;she;it | would have sidled |
| we | would have sidled |
| you | would have sidled |
| they | would have sidled |
Imperative
| you | sidle |
| we | Let's sidle |
| you | sidle |
Verbs conjugated like 'sidle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'sidle'
idle,
side,
sile,
addle,
bide,
bile,
birle,
bridle,
codle,
dadle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. The verb is from side + -le (frequentative suffix), possibly a back-formation from sideling (“in a sidelong direction; askew, obliquely”, adverb), treating that word as the present participle of sidle.
2. The noun is derived from the verb.
Sample Sentences
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There was one little, prim old lady, of very smiling and good-humoured appearance, who came sidling up to me from the end of a long passage, and with a curtsey of inexpressible condescension, propounded this unaccountable inquiry:
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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At this, the old lady was very much delighted. After glancing at me for a moment, as if to be quite sure that I was serious in my respectful air, she sidled back some paces; sidled forward again; made a sudden skip (at which I precipitately retreated a step or two ); and said:
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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‘I should think it was, ma’am, ’ I rejoined. The old lady kissed her hand, gave another skip, smirked and sidled down the gallery in a most extraordinary manner, and ambled gracefully into her own bed-chamber.
(American Notes for General Circulation)