move quietly vs sidle

move quietly

sidle

noun
  • A furtive advance. 

  • A sideways movement. 

verb
  • In the intransitive sense often followed by up: to (cause something to) advance in a coy, furtive, or unobtrusive manner. 

  • To (cause something to) move sideways. 

How often have the words move quietly and sidle occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )