Only some stray goats from the village browse the scanty grass all day, and the solitary water-hawk watches from an uprooted peepal aslant over the mud.
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Aslant
//əˈslænt//
Synonyms for "aslant" (51 found)
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Strong matches (15)
Related words (25)
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Translations
19 translations across 7 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- косо adv (at a slant)
- криво adv (at a slant)
- на верев prep (diagonally over or across)
- напреки на prep (diagonally over or across)
Czech
2 entries- nakřivo adv (at a slant)
- šikmo adv (at a slant)
Finnish
3 entries- kallellaan adv (at a slant)
- vinossa adv (at a slant)
- poikittain prep (diagonally over or across)
Latin
1 entries- oblīquē adv (at a slant)
Polish
4 entries- krzywo adv (at a slant)
- na bakier adv (at a slant)
- na skos adv (at a slant)
- na ukos adv (at a slant)
Russian
2 entries- под накло́ном adv (at a slant)
- под углом adv (at a slant)
Scots
1 entries- aswaip adv (at a slant)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Near-synonym: askance
Source: wiktionary
As for the manner and fashion of the cut [when pruning grapevines], it ought alwaies to be aslant, like a goats foot, that no drops of raine may settle and rest thereupon, but that euery shower may soon shoot off:
Source: wiktionary
But their manner of writing is very peculiar, being neither from the left to the right, like the Europeans; nor from the right to the left, like the Arabians; nor from up to down, like the Chinese; nor from down to up, like the Cascagians; but aslant from one Corner of the Paper to the other, like Ladies in England.
Source: wiktionary
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