slopinglyadv.
/ˈsləʊpɪŋli/ In a sloping manner or position; obliquely, slantingly.
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the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adverb] > slopingly
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slopingly1644
shelving1649
slopeways1670
shelvingly1680
1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xi. 92 These atomes do not descend alwayse perpendicularly, but sometimes sloapingly.
1673 Gentlewomans Compan. 115 Raise the Merry~thought from the Breast, and lace it down slopingly.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. x. 241 A great number of mats, which..they range slopingly against the gunwale.
1809 Ann. Reg. 346 A regular descent will be made, by cutting away the earth slopingly.
1846 Blackwood's Mag. 60 770 The partridge glances slopingly through the trees.
1887 Cent. Mag. 23 593 A long straight shaft, cut slopingly through the solid stone.
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