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Meanings of aslant in English

Spanish
sesgadamente

At an oblique angle.

sesgadamente

Having an oblique or slanted direction.

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Usage of aslant in English
1
The pale winter sunlight was stealing in aslant through the low windows.
The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers
2
The great red bowsprit of an Australian clipper projects aslant the quay.
The Life of the Fields
3
The sun was shining aslant upon the downs from over the sea.
The Seaboard Parish Volume 2
4
When I say sure, they deposit him, aslant, onto the back pew.
Lit: a memoir
5
The barrel of his rifle glinted aslant before his big red face.
Tales of Unrest
6
A streak of moon-shine fell aslant the floor and broke off abruptly.
A Splendid Hazard
7
The door on Mistress al'Caar's house hung aslant on a broken hinge.
The great hunt
8
The old negress tilted her head aslant and looked fixedly at him.
Birthright: A Novel
9
Slowly tacking aslant, the pollen ship hums in the south wind.
The Open Air
10
The reddening rays of the sun fell more and more aslant.
Mother
11
The shanty barn was aslant and leaned heavily for support on long props.
David Malcolm
12
And she set her red lips aslant as if she were swallowing vinegar.
The Yeoman Adventurer
13
The taunt struck aslant in Rose's breast with a peculiar sting.
Evan Harrington — Volume 4
14
She stretched forward strangely aslant, leaning from the upright poise of a runner.
The Were-Wolf
15
His left hand was gone, so that He hung aslant by the other.
Combed Out
16
The birds of the dawn twittered, chirped, dived aslant her window, fluttered back.
Beauchamp's Career — Volume 6
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