aslant
at a slant; slantingly; obliquely.
slanting or on a slant; oblique.
slantingly across; athwart.
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How to use aslant in a sentence
The show is definitely taking a bold tack with how things are moving, striking out in a direction that is aslant from the books.
Andrew and Lee dissect The Wheel of Time’s television premiere | Andrew Cunningham | November 19, 2021 | Ars TechnicaHis hat, aslant over his brow, and took a pose on his toes for all of us.
It was all breeze and freshness, and the sunlight struck picturesquely aslant the hill-sides.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayMr. Wilding raised one eyebrow and looked aslant at Trenchard, whose weather-beaten face was suddenly agrin with stupefaction.
Mistress Wilding | Rafael SabatiniThe chinks were red with the outer glow, and a stream of mote-laden sunlight, aslant, came in at the companionway.
The Cruise of the Shining Light | Norman Duncan
Even the Villa seemed to greet her, with the sun aslant on it; and the trees, trembling and weeping golden tears.
Villa Rubein and Other Stories | John GalsworthyThe color-bearers kept well to the front with their flags, closely furled, aslant backward over their shoulders.
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce | Ambrose Bierce
British Dictionary definitions for aslant
/ (əˈslɑːnt) /
at a slant
at a slant across or athwart
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