aslope
Americanadverb
adjective
adverb
Etymology
Origin of aslope
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at a- 1, slope
Example Sentences
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"An Oblique Sphere hath the Axis of the World neither Direct nor Parallel to the Horizon, but lies aslope from it."
From On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments by William Gilbert
A little farther there are evolutions to perform as we grasp a post that the sinking of the ground has set aslope across the middle of the fairway.
From Under Fire: the story of a squad by Fitzwater Wray
Now, from the western mountain’s brow, Compassed with clouds of various glow, The sun a broader orb displays, And shoots aslope his ruddy rays.
From The Minstrel; or the Progress of Genius with some other poems by James Beattie
The old tiara keeps itself aslope Upon his steady brows which, all the same, Bend mildly to permit the people’s hope?
From The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume IV by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Yonder riband of sunshine aslope on the wall, If you eye it a minute 'll have the same look: So kind! and so merciful!
From Poems — Volume 1 by George Meredith
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