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slantwise

[ slant-wahyz, slahnt- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

slantwise

/ ˈslɑːntˌweɪz; ˈslɑːntˌwaɪz /

First recorded in 1565–75; slant + -wise

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.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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