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Meanings of slanted in English

Having an oblique or slanted direction.

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Favoring one person or side over another.

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Usage of slanted in English
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A slanted but shrewd look at another side of today's refugee crisis.
The Guardian
2
The light slanted across the Tennessee River and shimmered in the ripples.
The Frontiersmen
3
The hole slanted downward, and the bullet was embedded in the porch.
The Circular Staircase
4
Thin sunshine slanted in through the lace curtains of the dining-room window.
The Far Horizon
5
The dark-lashed eyes of the Mexican girls slanted his way in vain.
Gunsight Pass: How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a ...
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Through wide orange awnings the sun slanted in upon the white-clad group.
The Glimpses of the Moon
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All else slanted at an ever-changing angle; the swiveled lamps were still.
Lister's Great Adventure
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The sunbeams that slanted in made shivering patches of gold about them.
Those Who Smiled, and Eleven Other Stories
9
Somehow the damage had managed to spare one long, slanted green eye.
Death angel
10
And gradually the centre patch narrowed, and the sun slowly slanted down.
Saint's Progress
11
What light slanted through the window gave the room a honeyed tinge.
Serena
12
On the other side of the slanted flooring some one prayed aloud.
Men, Women, and Ghosts
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Even the fall of wind-slanted rain is evidenced on the same tablets.
Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation
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She saw one letter slanted across the dusty glass of the box.
By the Light of the Soul: A Novel
15
Drab-looking women in the late thirties, whose facial lines all slanted downward.
One Basket
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Headlights poked two slanted lances of grey light across the flat fields.
Engineering Infinity
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
Common