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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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 Wray, Fitzwater
Summer has come, healthy and free, Whence the brown wood is aslope; The slender nimble deer leap, And the path of seals is smooth.
From Ancient Irish Poetry by Various
All broad and winding and aslope, All tempting with perfidious hope, All ending in despair.
From Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul by Mudge, James
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 Meredith, George
High noon, too, by these hot sunbeams, which fall, scarcely aslope, upon my head, and almost make the water bubble and smoke, in the trough under my nose.
From A Rill from the Town Pump by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
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