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aslant

[uh-slant, uh-slahnt] / əˈslænt, əˈslɑnt /




ADJECTIVE
slanting
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


ADJECTIVE
sloping
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Antonyms


ADVERB
crosswise
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
cornerways cornerwise on the bias sideway sideways sidewise transversely
WEAK
astride athwart cater-corner cater-cornered catercorner catty-corner catty-cornered kitty-corner kitty-cornered sidelong


ADVERB
diagonally
Synonyms
STRONGEST
cater-corner cater-cornered catercorner catty-corner catty-cornered crosswise kitty-corner kitty-cornered
STRONG
cornerways cornerwise
WEAK


Example Sentences

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A pair of rectangular glasses sit somewhat aslant on his round face, which after weeks of frantic travel and fitful sleep showed signs of enervation.

From New York Times • May 24, 2022

Around midafternoon I stopped to eat in La Reforma, a small town aslant on the mountainside, scattered on both sides of the road, one building signposted Restaurante Rosa.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2019

Raban’s writing has grown infinitely more sophisticated since then, but its leitmotifs – struggles with overbearing authority, a search for refuge in a world that seems aslant – have remained.

From The Guardian • Dec. 30, 2016

It’s the world of Blueschild Baby, viewed aslant.

From Slate

A little creek trickled aslant the faded markings and there were the delicate pictorial indications of lowly huts, in one of which Ching’s grandfather had been born.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov