slantwaysadv.
/ˈslɑːntweɪz/, /ˈslantweɪz/, U.S. /ˈslæntˌweɪz/ = slantwise adv.
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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
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
1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village (1863) III. 497 A new street standing slant-ways to one of the entrances of the town.
1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters (1858) 128 The two clouds..went rolling slantways on the wind towards the west.
1895 Tristram Japan 19 The four main islands of Japan stretch slantways through sixteen degrees of latitude.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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