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aslant

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  1. 1. adv. & a. Toward one side; in a slanting direction; obliquely. Source: opted
  2. 2. prep. In a slanting direction over; athwart. Source: opted
  3. 3. adj. having an oblique or slanted direction Source: wordnet
  4. 4. adv. over or across in a slanting direction Source: wordnet
  5. 5. adv. at an oblique angle Source: wordnet
  6. 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. Source: webster
  7. 7. Toward one side; in a slanting direction; obliquely.[The shaft] drove through his neck aslant. Dryden. Source: adambom
  8. 8. r:100 s. having an oblique or slanted direction r. over or across in a slanting direction Source: ecdict

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