From the side (7)
I believe the answer is:
lateral
'from the side' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for lateral that I've seen before include "Sidelong" , "Shoot" , "Situated at or extending to the side" , "One type of thinking" , "This kind of sideways thinking does not use conventional logic" .)