Thesaurus: aslant

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1. adv. & a. Toward one side; in a slanting direction; obliquely.
2. prep. In a slanting direction over; athwart.
3. adj. having an oblique or slanted direction
4. adv. over or across in a slanting direction
5. adv. at an oblique angle
6. Toward one side; in a slanting direction; obliquely. [The shaft] drove through his neck aslant. Dryden. In a slanting direction over; athwart. There is a willow grows aslant a brook. Shak.
7. Toward one side; in a slanting direction; obliquely.[The shaft] drove through his neck aslant. Dryden.
8. r:100 s. having an oblique or slanted direction r. over or across in a slanting direction