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slopingly, adv.|ˈsləʊpɪŋlɪ|
[f. prec.]
In a sloping manner or position; obliquely, slantingly.
1644Digby Nat. Bodies xi. §7. 92 These atomes do not descend alwayse perpendicularly, but sometimes sloapingly. 1675H. Woolley Gentlew. Comp. 115 Raise the Merry⁓thought from the breast, and lace it down sloppingly. 1748Anson's Voy. ii. x. 241 A great number of mats, which..they place slopingly against the gunwale. 1809Ann. Reg. 346 A regular descent will be made, by cutting away the earth slopingly. 1846Blackw. Mag. LX. 770 The partridge glances slopingly through the trees. 1887Cent. Mag. XXIII. 593 A long straight shaft, cut slopingly through the solid stone. |