aslantadv.prep.
/əˈslɑːnt/, /əˈslant/, U.S. /əˈslænt/ A. adv.
1. On the slant, in a slanting or sloping direction, obliquely.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adverb]
sidelonga1398
aslanta1400
aslopec1400
embelifc1400
a-sloutc1440
sleetc1440
slant1495
obliquely1503
shoringc1503
a-swash1530
biaswise1545
biasways1556
slantingly1570
sideways1572
slantwise1573
avelinges1577
bias?1578
askant1602
slopely1605
slantinga1625
oblique1667
bias-way1702
skew1706
slantly1719
inclinably1760
slantways1828
slantindicular1831
slantindicularly1834
skewly1896
slaunchways1933
the world > space > direction > [adverb] > off the direct line > obliquely
asidec1369
aslanta1400
slant1495
obliquely1503
asklenta1540
askew1565
slantingly1570
slantwise1573
wry1575
bias?1578
askance1590
askant1602
slantinga1625
asquint1645
across1700
slantly1719
akimboc1796
slantways1828
aslantwise1852
slantingways1899
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > sideways movement or a sideways movement > [adverb] > obliquely
aslanta1400
sideslepes?a1400
embelifc1400
slant1495
obliquely1503
slantling?1521
askance1530
asklenta1540
biaswise1545
askew1565
wry1575
bias?1578
slentwise1579
overthwartly1591
asquint1645
transversally1648
aslope1667
slantways1828
skeow-ways1869
slantingways1899
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6200 O-slant [Gött. on-slent, Trin. Cambr. on slont] fra þar þai ware.
c1440 Morte Arth. 2254 O-slante doune fro þe slote he slyttes.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 6 A-cyde..a-slet, or a-slonte, Oblique.
1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) xvii. clxxvii. sig. V.vv/2 Smale vynes nedyth to be soone kytte..And the kyttynge shal be aslante [a1398 BL Add. aslope] bitwene two knottes.
1680 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. xii. 217 You must not hold the Blade..parallel to the Pikes, but aslant.
1781 W. Cowper Truth 239 Blown all aslant, a driving, dashing rain.
1878 R. Jefferies Gamekeeper at Home 113 The shot, if it comes aslant, will glance off.
2. elliptically, quasi-adj. Slanting, oblique.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adjective]
embelifc1400
inclining?c1400
oblique?a1425
inclinate?1440
hieldingc1480
inclined?a1500
bias1551
overthwart1594
sidelong1598
squinty1598
skew1609
traverse1609
skewed1611
obliquous1614
squint1703
inclinated1751
slanting1768
slanted1770
slant1776
aslant1791
diagonal1796
rakish1830
slantindicular1832
slantwise1856
slaunchways1913
slanty1928
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. ix. 435 He..fell resupine With his huge neck aslant.
1814 R. Southey Roderick iii. 27 And with ray aslant..illumed the branchless pines.
B. prep.
Across in a slanting direction, athwart.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > inclination > obliquely against or across [preposition]
aslanta1616
across1626
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > sideways movement or a sideways movement > sideways [preposition] > across obliquely
aslant1854
a1616 W. Shakespeare Hamlet (1623) iv. vii. 138 There is a Willow growes aslant [1604 ascaunt] a Brooke.
1680 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. xii. 212 The edge of the Chissel..lying aslant the Work.
1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters (1858) 438 It sailed aslant our line of buoys.
1877 ‘H. A. Page’ T. De Quincey: Life & Writings II. xix. 176 To run somewhat aslant the ordinary conventionalities of life.
Compounds
aslantwise adv. aslant.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > direction > [adverb] > off the direct line > obliquely
asidec1369
aslanta1400
slant1495
obliquely1503
asklenta1540
askew1565
slantingly1570
slantwise1573
wry1575
bias?1578
askance1590
askant1602
slantinga1625
asquint1645
across1700
slantly1719
akimboc1796
slantways1828
aslantwise1852
slantingways1899
1852 N. Hawthorne Blithedale Romance xxvii. 270 The moon..shone aslantwise over the river.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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