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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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
Now from the western mountain's brow, Compass'd with clouds of various glow, The sun a broader orb displays, And shoots aslope his ruddy rays.
From The Poetical Works of Beattie, Blair, and Falconer With Lives, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan
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
The Knight did stoop, And sat on further side aslope.
From Hudibras by Samuel Butler
All broad and winding and aslope, All tempting with perfidious hope, All ending in despair.
From Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul by James Mudge
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