slantingly
Example Sentences
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They were careful not to cause the slightest commotion,—careful, too, to keep out of the narrow belts of light that fell slantingly from the fires above.
From Afloat in the Forest A Voyage among the Tree-Tops by Mayne Reid
As full power was applied, and the Sea Eagle rose above the tossing wave crests 252 and headed slantingly skyward, there came a sudden puff of wind.
From The Boy Aviators' Flight for a Fortune by John Henry Goldfrap
Gently feeling with his fingers, he found that the barb had only slantingly penetrated the fleshy part of the dog's thigh.
From Hawk Eye by David Cory
Only the leprous-white trees remained motionless; their red-veined trunks towered high in air, and the sun of late afternoon shot slantingly through a leafy roof overhead.
From Brood of the Dark Moon by Charles Willard Diffin
This pole was then stuck slantingly into the ground and three notches were cut in it.
From American Indians by Frederick Starr
