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slantwise, adv. and a.|ˈslɑːntwaɪz, -æ-|
[f. slant a. + -wise.]
A. adv. In a slanting or sloping direction or position; slantingly, obliquely.
1573Tusser Husb. (1878) 98 Some maketh a hollownes, halfe a foot deepe, with fower sets in it, set slant wise a steepe. 1751J. Bartram Observ. Trav. Pennsylv., etc, 38 In the mean time we were setting poles slantwise in the ground. 1760–72tr. Juan & Ulloa's Voy. (ed. 3) II. 333 Three streets, which run slantwise up the eminence. 1843F. W. Faber Lett. (1869) 194, I think of..how the sun is coming slant⁓wise out of Langdale. 1882J. Hawthorne Fort. Fool i. xvi, The waggon lying slantwise across the road.
fig.1869Fortn. Rev. June 637 When..they have an opportunity of looking slantwise at their own merits, and of praising themselves by implication.
B. adj. Slanting, oblique.
1856Hawthorne Eng. Note-bks. (1870) II. 129 From our windows we have a slantwise glimpse of the walls of St. John's College. 1858Whittier Telling the Bees viii, The slantwise rain Of light through the leaves. 1891M. M. Dowie Girl in Karp. 101 Its slantwise band across the chest. |