What is "aslant" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does aslant mean in English? Meaning of aslant definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "aslant" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "aslant": having an oblique or slanted direction

Adjective

  • Meaning: having an oblique or slanted direction
  • Synonyms: aslant aslope diagonal slanted slanting sloped sloping
  • Similar: inclined
  • Meaning of "aslant": over or across in a slanting direction

    Adverb

  • Meaning: over or across in a slanting direction
  • Synonyms: aslant
  • Meaning of "aslant": at an oblique angle

    Adverb

  • Meaning: at an oblique angle
  • Example: the sun shone aslant into his face
  • Synonyms: aslant athwart obliquely
  • Adjective: slanting
  • Synonyms:

    off-center, awry, askance, bent, cockeyed, curved, knotted, lopsided, oblique, obliquely, slanted, slanting, twisted, zigzag, askant, buckled, catawampus, crookedly, to one side, topsy-turvey, turned, yaw ways, askew, astray, afield, askance, badly, bent, cockeyed, crooked, curved, slanting, wrong, zigzag, turned, angular, athwart, awry, crisscross, cross, crossing, diagonally, over, perpendicular, sideways, thwart, transverse, traverse, transversal, at right angles, contrariwise, from side to side, horizontally, longways, on the bias, transversely, vertically, crosswise, askew, obliquely, cater-corner, catty-corner, cornerwise, kitty-corner, on a slant, on the bias, slantingways, slantways, slantwise, slaunchways, leaning, bent, diagonal, askance, askew, asymmetrical, awry, crooked, distorted, inclined, sideways, skew, slanted, sloping, strained, twisted, inclining, pitching, angled, cater-cornered, diverging, on the bias, pitched, sloped, tilted, tilting, tipped, tipping, turned, obliquely, alongside, aside, athwart, indirectly, laterally, side by side, slanting, sloping, sidelong, aslope, broadside, crabwise, edgeways, sidewards, slantingly, slantwise, to the side, inclined, leaning, askew, downhill, oblique, supine, pitched, tilted, acclivous, declivous, droll, sardonic, ironic, mocking, askew, awry, crooked, cynical, deformed, dry, twisted, uneven, warped, contorted, diagonally, angular, athwart, awry, crisscross, cross, crossing, over, perpendicular, sideways, thwart, transverse, traverse, transversal, horizontally, vertically, crossways, contrariwise, longways, mullioned, transversely, bent, sloping, oblique, tilting, aslope, slanted, oblique, tilted, inclining, aslope,

    Antonyms:

    OK, on course, forthright, direct, straightforward, level, straight, straight, straightforward, head on, lengthwise, straight on, straight, level, straight,

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