slantwise
Americanadverb
adjective
adverb
Etymology
Origin of slantwise
Example Sentences
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Western readers may find the allusions frustratingly indirect, but Kadare has accustomed himself to telling his tales slantwise, even in a post-totalitarian era where anything goes.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2018
He gave a slantwise smile, looking out of the corner of his eye.
From New York Times ● Oct. 30, 2014
I can see it all now,—the slantwise rain Of light through the leaves,The sundown's blaze on her window-pane, The bloom of her roses under the eaves.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 11, 2012
He used the same instrument to determine the set of the eyes, holding it slantwise from the eye socket to the cheekbone.
From Time Magazine Archive
That he is falling and not flying is clear from his position, which is almost upside-down, slantwise to the few clouds; nevertheless he appears calm.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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