aslant Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite having an oblique or slanted direction
    aslope; diagonal; sloped; slanted; slanting; sloping.
  2. adverb over or across in a slanting direction
  3. adverb at an oblique angle
    athwart; obliquely.
    • the sun shone aslant into his face

WordNet

A*slant" adverb & adjective
Etymology
Pref. a- + slant.
Definitions
  1. Toward one side; in a slanting direction; obliquely.
    [The shaft] drove through his neck aslant. Dryden.
A*slant" preposition
Definitions
  1. In a slanting direction over; athwart.
    There is a willow grows aslant a brook. Shak.

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