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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. having an oblique or slanted direction;
[syn: aslant, aslope, diagonal, slanted, slanting, sloped, sloping]


ADVERB (2)

1. over or across in a slanting direction;

2. at an oblique angle;
- Example: "the sun shone aslant into his face"
[syn: obliquely, aslant, athwart]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Aslant \A*slant"\, adv. & a. [Pref. a- + slant.]
   Toward one side; in a slanting direction; obliquely.
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         [The shaft] drove through his neck aslant. --Dryden.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Aslant \A*slant"\, prep.
   In a slanting direction over; athwart.
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         There is a willow grows aslant a brook.  --Shak.
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