SLANTWISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does slantwise mean? 

• SLANTWISE (adverb)
  The adverb SLANTWISE has 1 sense:

1. at a slant; moving or directed in a slantwise position or direction

  Familiarity information: SLANTWISE used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SLANTWISE (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

At a slant; moving or directed in a slantwise position or direction

Synonyms:

slantways; slantwise

 Context examples 

The Abbot stood by the narrow window, and his long black shadow fell slantwise across the rush-strewn floor.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The sun shining slantwise through the trees threw delicate traceries across the road, with bars of golden light between.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You see, said he, whisking round, and showing one little strip where a line of scattered hairs, like the last survivors in some fatal field, still barely held their own against the fate which had fallen upon their comrades; these locks need some little oiling and curling, for I doubt not that if you look slantwise at my head, when the light is good, you will yourself perceive that there are places where the hair is sparse.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)