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Slantwise

adj, adv

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Diagonal, in a direction or orientation between cardinal axes not-comparable

    "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."

Adverb
  1. 1
    Diagonally, in a direction or orientation between cardinal axes

    "[…] 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."

Adverb
  1. 1
    at a slant; moving or directed in a slantwise position or direction wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From slant + -wise.

Etymology 2

From slant + -wise.

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