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Aslant

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

ad. At a slant; obliquely.

preposition. Obliquely over or across: lay the paddle aslant the gunwales.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. slanting

ad. at a slant

preposition. diagonally over or across

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

ad. Toward one side; in a slanting direction; obliquely.

preposition. In a slanting direction over; athwart.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

In a slanting or sloping direction; oblique; obliquely; not perpendicularly or at right angles.

Slantingly across; athwart.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

ad. at an oblique angle

ad. over or across in a slanting direction

adj. having an oblique or slanted direction

Word Usage

"In Behind the Scenes at the Museum, a young girl happily cavorts in front of the TV screen broadcasting Elizabeth II's coronation; the moment simultaneously registers a shift in how the English experience their own history and a comical awareness of how "aslant" these experiences might prove to be."

Equivalent

inclined

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

obliquely athwart sloping

Same Context

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