Aslant

Quick meaning: Aslant is an adverb meaning (archaic, literary) At or on a slant; in a slanting or sloping direction.

Meaning

(archaic, literary) At or on a slant; in a slanting or sloping direction.

More Meanings

1. (archaic, literary) Slanting, oblique.
2. (archaic, literary) Across or over in a slanting or diagonal direction.

Example Sentences

Near-synonym: askance

This time too, […] he was looking aslant and not directly at me; more of a gaze to the side of me.

A pigeon is not easily brought down—the quills are so stiff and strong that the shot, if it comes aslant, will glance off.

Blovvn all aſlant, a driving daſhing rain, / Peal upon peal redoubling all around, / Shakes it again and faſter to the ground, […]

Synonyms for aslant

Depending on context, synonyms include aslope, atilt, diagonally, obliquely, askew, diagonal.

Antonyms for aslant

Common opposites include nonoblique, orthogonal, perpendicular.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include slanted, aslope, slanting, inclined, obliquely, sloped.

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