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   aslant

   /əˈslɑːnt/

   adverb

   • 1. at an angle or in a sloping direction: "some of the paintings hung aslant"

   preposition

   • 1. across (something) at an angle: "rays of light fell aslant a door"

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   What does aslant mean?

   • Even the Villa seemed to greet her, with the sun aslant on it; and the trees, trembling and weeping golden tears. The color-bearers kept well to the front with their flags, closely furled, aslant backward over their shoulders. Aslant definition: at a slant; slantingly; obliquely.. See examples of ASLANT used in a sentence.

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   What does slant mean?

   • From Middle English aslant (“at an angle, in a curve; from the side, deviously”), from on slante; equivalent to a- + slant. aslant (archaic, literary) Slanting. The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. To cross to the other side of the deck was like walking up the steep gabled roof of a house.

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   What is aslant adverb?

   • Definition of aslant adverb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary not exactly straight up and down or from side to side; at an angle The picture hung aslant. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words. Try it for free as part of the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app

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   What does slanting mean?

   • 1. at a slant; slantingly; obliquely. 2. slanting or on a slant; oblique. prep. 3. slantingly across; athwart. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. 1. 1. 2.

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   Aslant is an adverb or adjective that means in a slanting direction, or a preposition that means over or across in a slanting direction. Learn more about its synonyms, examples, word history, and usage in this dictionary entry.

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   Aslant means at a slant or obliquely, or across or athwart in a slanting direction. See the usage of aslant as an adverb, adjective and preposition in different dictionaries and translations.

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   Definitions of aslant. adverb. over or across in a slanting direction. adverb. at an oblique angle. “the sun shone aslant into his face”. synonyms: athwart, obliquely. adjective. having an oblique or slanted direction.

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   Jul 11, 2024 · aslant. (archaic, literary) Slanting. Synonyms: askew, aslope, atilt, diagonal, oblique, slanted; nonorthogonal, unperpendicular. Antonyms: orthogonal, perpendicular, nonoblique. Near-synonym: askance. The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus.