"aslant" meaning in All languages combined

See aslant on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /əˈslænt/, /əˈslɑːnt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-aslant.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-aslant.wav [US]
Etymology: From Middle English aslant (“at an angle, in a curve; from the side, deviously”), from on slante; equivalent to a- + slant. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|aslant||at an angle, in a curve; from the side, deviously}} Middle English aslant (“at an angle, in a curve; from the side, deviously”), {{m|enm|on}} on, {{m|enm|slante}} slante, {{prefix|en|a|slant}} a- + slant Head templates: {{en-adj|?}} aslant
  1. (archaic, literary) Slanting. Tags: archaic, literary Synonyms: aslope, atilt, diagonal, oblique, slanted
    Sense id: en-aslant-en-adj-S7Sq6Vx0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English prepositions, English terms prefixed with a- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 41 34 Disambiguation of English prepositions: 57 17 26 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with a-: 51 21 28

Adverb [English]

IPA: /əˈslænt/, /əˈslɑːnt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-aslant.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-aslant.wav [US]
Etymology: From Middle English aslant (“at an angle, in a curve; from the side, deviously”), from on slante; equivalent to a- + slant. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|aslant||at an angle, in a curve; from the side, deviously}} Middle English aslant (“at an angle, in a curve; from the side, deviously”), {{m|enm|on}} on, {{m|enm|slante}} slante, {{prefix|en|a|slant}} a- + slant Head templates: {{en-adv|?}} aslant
  1. (archaic, literary) At a slant. Tags: archaic, literary Synonyms: aslope, atilt, diagonally, obliquely Translations (at a slant): kallellaan (Finnish), vinossa (Finnish), na bakier (Polish), krzywo (Polish), na ukos (Polish), na skos (Polish), skosem (Polish), ukośnie (Polish), aswaip (Scots)
    Sense id: en-aslant-en-adv-D4e6X4Aa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 41 34

Preposition [English]

IPA: /əˈslænt/, /əˈslɑːnt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-aslant.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-aslant.wav [US]
Etymology: From Middle English aslant (“at an angle, in a curve; from the side, deviously”), from on slante; equivalent to a- + slant. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|aslant||at an angle, in a curve; from the side, deviously}} Middle English aslant (“at an angle, in a curve; from the side, deviously”), {{m|enm|on}} on, {{m|enm|slante}} slante, {{prefix|en|a|slant}} a- + slant Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} aslant, {{en-prep}} aslant
  1. (archaic, literary) Diagonally over or across. Tags: archaic, literary Synonyms: aslope, athwart, atilt Translations (diagonally over or across): poikittain (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-aslant-en-prep-xUOxNVLH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 41 34

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        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "ref": "1700, “The Twelfth Book of Ovid his Metamorphoses”, in John Dryden, transl., Fables, Ancient and Modern, London: Jacob Tonson, page 447",
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          "text": "1914, Constance Garnett (translator), Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky, New York: P. F. Collier & Son, 1917, Part 4, Chapter 4, p. 321,\nA 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."
        },
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        },
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        },
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        },
        {
          "word": "obliquely"
        }
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "at a slant",
      "word": "kallellaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "at a slant",
      "word": "vinossa"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "at a slant",
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    },
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "at a slant",
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    },
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "at a slant",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "at a slant",
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    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "at a slant",
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    },
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      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "at a slant",
      "word": "aswaip"
    }
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}

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        },
        {
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "diagonally over or across",
      "word": "poikittain"
    }
  ],
  "word": "aslant"
}

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