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adj
Slanting, oblique.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, literary
Synonyms: askew, aslope, atilt, diagonal, oblique, slanted, nonorthogonal, unperpendicular, askance
Antonyms: nonoblique, orthogonal, perpendicular
adv
At or on a slant; in a slanting or sloping direction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, literary
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: aslope, atilt, diagonally, obliquely
Antonyms: none provided
prep
Across or over in a slanting or diagonal direction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, literary
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: aslope, athwart, atilt
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
having an oblique or slanted direction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: aslope, diagonal, slanted, slanting, sloped, sloping
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
at an oblique angle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: obliquely, athwart
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
over or across in a slanting direction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
The adverb is derived from Middle English aslant, aslante (“at an angle, in a curve; from the side; (figurative) deviously”), from on slant (“at an angle, obliquely”), from on (“above and touching (something), on; at (a place or position); etc.”, preposition) (from Old English on, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *an (“on, upon; on to”), from Proto-Indo-European *h2en- (“on, on to”)) + slant, slante (“incline, slant”, noun) (probably from Old Norse slent, from Proto-Germanic *slintaną (“to slide; to slip”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sleydh- (“to slide; to slip; to be slick or slippery”)). By surface analysis, a- (prefix meaning ‘at; in; on’ denoting a condition, manner, or state) + slant. The adjective and preposition are derived from the adverb.
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