slantingly
- a word derived from slant.
Example Sentences
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The words had hardly left Trevannion’s lips before the snake was seen crawling along the lliana, and the next moment transferring its body to a branch which grew slantingly from the main trunk.
From Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops by Reid, Mayne
Her immense soft tresses of the jettiest hair had slantingly fallen over her as though a curtain were half drawn from before some saint enshrined.
From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman
The breeze was on her beam, and much fresher with her than farther in the bay, so that the feluccas steered slantingly across her course as she made for the rock.
From Tales from Blackwood, Volume 1 by Various
The spokes are held slantingly outward until twenty-five rows of No. 5 oval or split reed are woven.
From Practical Basketry by Gill, Anna A.
Tournay altered their course and steered the boat slantingly across the current.
From Robert Tournay A Romance of the French Revolution by Sage, William
