aslant

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English aslant (“at an angle, in a curve; from the side, deviously”), from on slante; equivalent to a- +‎ slant. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈslænt/, /əˈslɑːnt/ Rhymes: -ænt, -ɑːnt === Adjective === aslant (archaic, literary) Slanting. Synonyms: askew, aslope, atilt, diagonal, oblique, slanted; nonorthogonal, unperpendicular Antonyms: orthogonal, perpendicular, nonoblique Near-synonym: askance ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adverb === aslant (archaic, literary) At a slant. Synonyms: aslope, atilt, diagonally, obliquely 1914, Constance Garnett (translator), Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky, New York: P. F. Collier & Son, 1917, Part 4, Chapter 4, p. 321,[3] A wall with three windows looking out on to the canal ran aslant so that one corner formed a very acute angle, and it was difficult to see in it without very strong light. ==== Translations ==== === Preposition === aslant (archaic, literary) Diagonally over or across. Synonyms: aslope, athwart, atilt ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Santal, alants, natals, santal