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View definitions for aslant

aslant

adjective as in awry

adjective as in crosswise

adjective as in slanting

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adjective as in sloping

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adjective as in sloping

adverb as in sideways/sideway/sidewise

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Example Sentences

The show is definitely taking a bold tack with how things are moving, striking out in a direction that is aslant from the books.

His hat, aslant over his brow, and took a pose on his toes for all of us.

It was all breeze and freshness, and the sunlight struck picturesquely aslant the hill-sides.

Mr. Wilding raised one eyebrow and looked aslant at Trenchard, whose weather-beaten face was suddenly agrin with stupefaction.

The chinks were red with the outer glow, and a stream of mote-laden sunlight, aslant, came in at the companionway.

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.

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On this page you'll find 164 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to aslant, such as: awry, off-center, askance, askant, bent, and buckled.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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