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Meaning of ASLANT

Pronunciation:  u'slant

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adv]  at an oblique angle; "the sun shone aslant into his face"
  2. [adv]  over or across in a slanting direction
  3. [adj]  having an oblique or slanted direction
 
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 Synonyms: aslope, athwart, diagonal, inclined, obliquely, slanted, slanting, sloped, sloping
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \A*slant"\, adv. & a. [Pref. a- + slant.]
    Toward one side; in a slanting direction; obliquely.
          [The shaft] drove through his neck aslant. --Dryden.
    
  2. \A*slant"\, prep.
    In a slanting direction over; athwart.
          There is a willow grows aslant a brook.  --Shak.
    
 

 

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