slantedadj.
1.
a. Having an oblique or sloping direction; cut, placed, or driven aslant.
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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
1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 439 The slanted side of a Quoin.
1818 J. Keats Endymion iv. 175 In less time Than shoots the slanted hail-storm.
1851 R. C. Trench Poems 24 The slanted columns of the noon-day light.
1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 Jan. 7/1 The flames rise from the furnace and pass..in between the slanted tubes.
b. Bacteriology. (Cf. slant n.1 3b.)
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1925 J. W. Bigger Handbk. Bacteriol. 51 Sloped or slanted media.
2. Biased, tendentious.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > [adjective]
prejudicial1535
forestalled1543
forejudging1571
unindifferent1571
apassioned1574
prejudicate1579
prejudiced1579
preoccupate1587
preoccupiedc1598
prejudicious1599
prepossessed1611
prejudicated1633
biased1642
prejudiciary1642
prejudicant1645
prejudicatory1652
parti pris1923
value-laden1936
slanted1959
1959 Listener 2 Apr. 580/2 A consistently slanted picture of Soviet policy.
1967 ‘R. Simons’ Taxed to Death v. 80 Why are you asking me all these slanted questions about Nathin?
1978 Detroit Free Press 16 Apr. e8/1 ‘The material coming our way is so slanted on gun control and hunting's role in wildlife management, I can't, in good conscience, pass it on to our youngsters,’ he had said.
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adj.1770