Definition of slantwise in English:

adjective & adverb

• At an angle or in a sloping direction.

  as adjective ‘a slantwise glance’

  as adverb ‘the bird veers and drops slantwise towards the wood’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Horses jammed the ford over the stream; Michael crossed above them, galloping slantwise across the slope after the belling pack, stretched low on his horse's neck to clear the branches.’
  • ‘The child dashed across the macadam while the rain cut slantwise through the air.’
  • ‘Rain is slashing slantwise, mixing with spray from waves smashing into jetty walls.’
  • ‘The most controversial and dramatic elements of the building, the 14 thermal chimneys. are clearly related to the pilaster-like piers by patinated aluminium bronze plate ducts which run slantwise across the roof slope.’
  • ‘He looked at his dad slantwise, and was satisfied when his father snorted amusedly and waved him on.’
  • ‘She settled herself onto the couch, slantwise, half reclining, supported by plush cushions, and kicked off her shoes.’
  • ‘She smiles, perhaps, but the light touches her slantwise, so I can't be sure.’

  Synonyms

  at a slant, on the slant, at an angle, not straight, slanting, slanted, slantwise, slant, oblique, leaning, inclining, inclined, angled, cambered, canted

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