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aslant

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a⋅slant

  [uh-slant, uh-slahnt]
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–adverb
1. at a slant; slantingly; obliquely.
–adjective
2. slanting or on a slant; oblique.
–preposition
3. slantingly across; athwart.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME on slont, on slent on slope, at a slant
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a·slant   (ə-slānt')   
adv.   & adj.
At a slant; obliquely.
prep.  Obliquely over or across: lay the paddle aslant the gunwales.
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