slantwise
Americanadverb
adjective
adverb
Etymology
Origin of slantwise
Example Sentences
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A saxophone solo by Lehman, 44, adds textures that he’s honed on his alto instrument: slantwise methods that he developed in formal training and time on the New York scene.
From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2022
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
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
One house's door hung slantwise on a twisted hinge, as though its occupants had plunged wildly through it in mad haste.
From Time Magazine Archive
She clutched at her heart with one hand, leaned against the door, and seemed not to notice how the candle in her other hand had tipped slantwise in its silver holder.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
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