slantingly

Example Sentences

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To obtain the outward slanting effect point the spokes straight out towards the weaver, and, after weaving four rows turn and hold the spokes slantingly upward.

From Practical Basketry by Gill, Anna A.

They could look slantingly up and see that the 300 sets of the "Bluebeard" scenery all were ablaze.

From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various

He dived slantingly, and swam under water for a long way.

From Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point Nita, the Girl Castaway by Emerson, Alice B.

While weaving, the spokes should be held slantingly outward.

From Practical Basketry by Gill, Anna A.

There it lay coiled upon its scaly self, snugly ensconced in the fork below, with skin glittering brightly, and eyes gleaming fiercely in the golden sunlight that now fell slantingly against the tree.

From Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops by Reid, Mayne