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aslant

[ uh-slant, uh-slahnt ]

adverb

  1. at a slant; slantingly; obliquely.


adjective

  1. slanting or on a slant; oblique.

preposition

  1. slantingly across; athwart.

aslant

/ əˈɑːԳ /

adverb

  1. at a slant
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

preposition

  1. at a slant across or athwart
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of aslant1

1250–1300; Middle English on slont, on slent on slope, at a slant
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A pair of rectangular glasses sit somewhat aslant on his round face, which after weeks of frantic travel and fitful sleep showed signs of enervation.

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It led me aslant over the hill, through a wide bog, which would have been impassable in winter, and was splashy and shaking even now, in the height of summer.

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“It is somewhat awry, with the bow aslant from the stern, but it hath an air, as if it had been battling the storm.”

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“The Peanuts Papers” hammers home that fully appreciating Charles M. Schulz’s juggernaut, which ran in newspapers from 1950 to 2000, requires looking aslant at its genre.

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Around midafternoon I stopped to eat in La Reforma, a small town aslant on the mountainside, scattered on both sides of the road, one building signposted Restaurante Rosa.

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