edgeways vs sidewards

edgeways

adj

  • With the edge facing in the direction of movement. 

  • With the edge uppermost. 

adv

  • With the edge uppermost. 

  • With the edge facing in the direction of movement. 

sidewards

adj

  • Toward a side. 

adv

  • Toward a side. 

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