† slentwiseadv.
Obsolete. rare.
In a slanting manner.
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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
1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin xv. 854 The hurt was light, beeing but a blowe slentwise.
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