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slantwise
adverb as in diagonally
adverb as in sideways/sideway/sidewise
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Example Sentences
He looked anxiously down the hill; then he lifted those soft, slantwise eyes to mine very wistfully.
Old Captain sat up on his haunches, his slantwise eyes wide open with wonder.
She was holding her little palm slantwise over the chimney, and by blowing against it was trying to put out the lamp.
Trencher, looking slantwise to the south, could see them plainly.
Davies nursed our walnut-shell tenderly over their crests, edging her slantwise across their course.
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On this page you'll find 33 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to slantwise, such as: crosswise, aslant, cater-cornered/cater-corner/catercorner, cater-cornered/cater-corner/catercorner, cater-cornered/cater-corner/catercorner, and catty-cornered/catty-corner.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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