Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. (archaic, literary) At or on a slant; in a slanting or sloping direction.
2. (archaic, literary) Slanting, oblique.
3. (archaic, literary) Across or over in a slanting or diagonal direction.

Example Sentences

Take the Handle of it [a chisel] in your Right Hand as you did the Gouge, and claſping the Blade of it in your Left Hand, lean it ſteddy upon the Reſt, holding the Edge a little aſlant over the VVork, […]

He Fell: The Shaft [of the arrow] that ſlightly vvas impreſs'd, / Novv from his heavy Fall vvith vveight increas'd, / Drove through his Neck, aſlant, he ſpurns the Ground; / And the Soul iſſues through the VVeazon's VVound.

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

The light was yet there; shining dim, but constant, through the rain. […] 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.

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

A wall with three windows looking out on to the canal ran aslant so that one corner formed a very acute angle, and it was difficult to see in it without very strong light.

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

Near-synonym: askance

Word Forms

• more aslant
• most aslant

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Use aslant when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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