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inclining

[in-klahy-ning] / ɪnˈklaɪ nɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
diagonal
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askew beveled cater-corner cater-cornered catercorner catty-cornered kitty-corner kitty-cornered skewing slanting transversal transverse


ADJECTIVE
sloping
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Inclining to our right was the port and town of St. Louis.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 538, March 17, 1832 by Various

Inclining her head as in haughty reply, More reproachful perchance than all utter'd rebuke, She said merely, resuming her seat, "Tell the Duke He may enter."

From Lucile by Meredith, Owen

Inclining her head, she quietly replied: "I understand."

From Mother by Gorky, Maksim

Inclining more to artistic illustration than to abstract thought, its gifts, in the hierarchy of the nations, are eminent and precious.

From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Howe, Julia Ward

Inclining more to one side than the other, crooked, all o' one hugh.

From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Grose, Francis




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