slantwise

[ slant-wahyz, slahnt- ]

adverb

1. aslant; obliquely.

adjective

1. slanting; oblique.

slantwise

/ ˈslɑːntˌweɪz; ˈslɑːntˌwaɪz /

adverb

1. prenominal in a slanting or oblique direction

Word History and Origins

Origin of slantwise¹

First recorded in 1565–75; slant + -wise

Example Sentences

He looked anxiously down the hill; then he lifted those soft, slantwise eyes to mine very wistfully.

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Old Captain sat up on his haunches, his slantwise eyes wide open with wonder.

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She was holding her little palm slantwise over the chimney, and by blowing against it was trying to put out the lamp.

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Trencher, looking slantwise to the south, could see them plainly.

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Davies nursed our walnut-shell tenderly over their crests, edging her slantwise across their course.

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