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Aslant

Aslant Meaning & Definition
Aslant Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Aslant?

[adv] at an oblique angle; "the sun shone aslant into his face"
[adv] over or across in a slanting direction
[adj] having an oblique or slanted direction

Synonyms | Synonyms for Aslant: aslope | athwart | diagonal | inclined | obliquely | slanted | slanting | sloped | sloping

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Aslant In Webster's Dictionary

\A*slant"\, adv. & a. [Pref. a- + slant.] Toward one side; in a slanting direction; obliquely. [The shaft] drove through his neck aslant. --Dryden.
\A*slant"\, prep. In a slanting direction over; athwart. There is a willow grows aslant a brook. --Shak.

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