aslant

Meaning

Adj

Slanting.

Adv

At a slant.

Prep

Diagonally over or across.

Synonyms

obliquely

askew

slantwise

slanting

awry

sloping

oblique

aslope

crosswise

diagonal

athwart

crooked

acock

sidelong

slanted

slantingly

sloped

at an angle

side

tilted

transverse

wrongly

on a slant

slantways

to one side

cata-cornered

skew-whiff

slanty

across

askance

asquint

atilt

bevel

biassed

cater-cornered

circuitous

devious

deviously

edgeways

indirect

lateral

lopsidedly

on the slant

perversely

raked

Translations

schuin

schief

schräg

πλάγια

meyilli

esguelhado

oblíqua

inclinato

oblique

obliquo

esbiaixat

λοξά

enviesado

sbieco

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈslænt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: aslant

In summary

From Middle English aslant (“at an angle, in a curve; from the side, deviously”), from on slante; equivalent to a- + slant.