slantingwaysadv.
/ˈslɑːntɪŋweɪz//ˈslantɪŋweɪz/ rare.
Slantwise. Cf. slantways adv.
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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
1899 H. G. Wells When Sleeper Wakes vi. 59 He walked slantingways across the room.
1916 H. G. Wells Mr. Britling sees it Through ii. iv. 332 We were busy..pushing our trench out from an angle slantingways forward.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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