in profile

English

Prepositional phrase

in profile

1. (chiefly of someone's face) Seen from the side.
   • 2007 April 24, Boyce, R. L., “Democrat Official Warns of Sonthi’s Ambitions, Surayud’s Weakness”, in The Public Library of US Diplomacy‎^[1], WikiLeaks, retrieved 2021-08-28:

     Suthep claimed that, on the night of the coup, the King had resisted meeting with the Generals who overthrew Thaksin. In the end, the King gave in to the entreaties of Queen Sirikit, but he publicly signaled her role in the coup by approving the release of a photograph of that audience which showed the King, casually dressed, in profile, while the Queen faced the camera.

Translations

seen from the side

• Italian: di profilo

Further reading

• “in profile”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “in profile”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.