slantingly
Example Sentences
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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
The departing sun streamed slantingly across the so-far empty stage, where a few white grass stems shivered.
From Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion by Henham, Ernest G.
Hold the spokes slantingly inward and weave seventeen rows of No. 5 oval reed.
From Practical Basketry by Gill, Anna A.
The grinding is done upon a stone set slantingly on the ground.
From American Indians by Starr, Frederick
We went slantingly, not fighting the current too hard, but gliding easily, and avoiding the shallows where we could hear the current roar over the sand and pebbles.
From A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
