aslant English

Meaning aslant meaning

What does aslant mean?

aslant

— adverb over or across in a slanting direction

— adjective (= slanted, slanting) having an oblique or slanted direction

— adverb at an oblique angle the sun shone aslant into his face

Synonyms aslant synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as aslant?

aslant English » English

obliquely

askew

slantwise

slanting

awry

sloping

oblique

aslope

diagonal

crosswise

crooked

athwart

sloped

slantingly

slanted

sidelong

at an angle

acock

wrongly

transverse

to one side

tilted

slanty

slantways

skew-whiff

side

raked

perversely

on the slant

on a slant

lopsidedly

lateral

indirect

edgeways

deviously

devious

circuitous

cater-cornered

cata-cornered

biassed

bevel

atilt

asquint

askance

across

Topics aslant topics

What do people use aslant to talk about?

States Quality Shape Horizontal

Leaning, sloping

• What words describe something in a leaning position?
  leaning at an angle out of plumb angled on a slant aslant slanted inclined oblique tilted crooked list askew out of kilter