slantinglyadv.
a. In a slanting direction or position; with a slope or inclination; aslant, obliquely.
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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
1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. xii. f. 380 Which it will the more aptly doo, if ye do abate slauntingly, the contrary arasses of the slitt of it.
1683 A. Snape Anat. Horse ii. viii. 85 The septum of a Hog's Heart slantingly pervious in several places with great..pores.
1708 G. Berkeley Commonplace Bk. in Wks. (1871) IV. 489 The extension of a plain, look'd at straight and slantingly.
1786 J. Abercrombie Gardeners Daily Assistant 184 Cut it slantingly, half way through up towards the next joint.
1817 J. Keats Lo! I must tell a Tale of Chivalry 12 The lance points slantingly Athwart the morning air.
1867 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood II. ii. 24 The afternoon sun as it shone slantingly through the stained window.
b. figurative. Indirectly.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > indirect action or process > [adverb]
sidelya1425
through the sides of?1560
collaterally1610
by the waya1616
sidewise1654
secretly1656
slantinglya1677
ambagiously1678
circuitously1797
sideways1876
in-circle1883
a1677 I. Barrow Treat. Pope's Supremacy (1680) 6 It little mattereth, if he may strike Princes, whether he doeth it by a downright blow, or slantingly.
1694 J. Strype Memorials T. Cranmer i. xxvi. 111 Slantingly through their Sides, striking at the Arch-bishop himself.
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