aslant

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adverb

at a slant; slantingly; obliquely.

adjective

slanting or on a slant; oblique.

preposition

slantingly across; athwart.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English on slont, on slent on slope, at a slant

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aslant (əˈslɑːnt)

—*adv*
1.	at a slant

—*prep*
2.	at a slant across or athwart

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Word Origin & History

aslant

c.1300, o-slant, lit. "on slant," from on + slant.

Example sentences

Jaeger's head is aslant and his eyes jut forward in a pose both arrogant and dissolute.

And the gondola drifts over the lagoon, aslant to the coming dawn.

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