A·slant adv. & a. Toward one side; in a slanting direction; obliquely.
[The shaft] drove through his neck aslant. --Dryden.
A·slant, prep. In a slanting direction over; athwart.
There is a willow grows aslant a brook. --Shak.
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aslant
adj : having an oblique or slanted direction [syn: aslope, diagonal,
slanted, slanting, sloped, sloping]
adv 1: over or across in a slanting direction
2: at an oblique angle; "the sun shone aslant into his face"
[syn: obliquely, athwart]