from the side
- lateralOf the side
- profileSide-facing outline
- sidewaysToward one side
- flankSide of body
- obliqueAngled, not straightforward
peripheral · glance · angle · crab · sidle · edge · beside · adjacent · askance · sideview · silhouette · parallel · tangent · crosswise · slant · hip · rib · margin
directional orientation
from the sidehead-on
Directly facing forward
from behind · from below · face-to-face · frontally · dead ahead
directness of approach
from the sidedirectly
Without intermediary steps
head-on · dead center · centrally · full frontal · squarely