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aslope

[uh-slohp]

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adverb

aslope

/ əˈsləʊp /

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Origin of aslope¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; a- ¹, slope

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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."

Summer has come, healthy and free, Whence the brown wood is aslope; The slender nimble deer leap, And the path of seals is smooth.

The old tiara keeps itself aslope Upon his steady brows which, all the same, Bend mildly to permit the people’s hope?

All broad and winding and aslope, All tempting with perfidious hope, All ending in despair.

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.

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