What does slantwise mean?
Slantwise means Diagonal, in a direction or orientation between cardinal axes.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Diagonal, in a direction or orientation between cardinal axes.
I can see it all now,—the slantwise rain / Of light through the leaves, / The sundown's blaze on her window-pane, / The bloom of her roses under the eaves.
[…] he had received a cut slantwise along one temple and cheek, leaving a long scar like a streak of dawn's light falling athwart the dark visage.
Slantwise, a salamander-shaped sea came at them, growing.
Ms. Davis — who at different points in the set called to mind Andrew Hill, Cecil Taylor and Paul Bley, without resorting to mimicry — often led this charge, starting out with a blank canvas and creeping slantwise into a repeatable motif.
Use slantwise when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Slantwise means Diagonal, in a direction or orientation between cardinal axes.
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I can see it all now,—the slantwise rain / Of light through the leaves, / The sundown's blaze on her window-pane, / The bloom of her roses under the eaves.
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