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aslant

 
Dictionary: a·slant   (ə-slănt') pronunciation
adv. & adj.
At a slant; obliquely.

prep.
Obliquely over or across: lay the paddle aslant the gunwales.


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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: having an oblique or slanted direction
  Synonyms: aslope, diagonal, slanted, slanting, sloped, sloping


The adverb aslant has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: over or across in a slanting direction

Meaning #2: at an oblique angle
  Synonyms: obliquely, athwart


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Dansk (Danish)
adv. - skråt, skævt
prep. - tværs over, skråt over
adj. - skrå, tværs

Nederlands (Dutch)
dwars over, schuin, op één oor, ergens schuin overheen

Français (French)
adv. - obliquement, de travers, en biais
prep. - en travers de
adj. - de travers, en biais, obliquement

Deutsch (German)
adv. - schief, von der Seite, quer über
prep. - quer über
adj. - schief, von der Seite, quer über

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - γερτά, επικλινώς, λοξά
adj. - επικλινής, λοξός
prep. - πλαγίως, λοξά πάνω σε

Italiano (Italian)
obliquamente, obliquo

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - obliquamente, diagonalmente
adj. - oblíquo, enviesado
prep. - por viés de, transversalmente sobre

Русский (Russian)
поперек, наискось, поперечный, через

Español (Spanish)
adv. - oblicuamente, sesgadamente
prep. - al sesgo, a través de
adj. - oblicuo, sesgado, atravesado

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - på sned, på tvären
adj. - på sned, på tvären
prep. - snett över

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
倾斜地, 倾斜地横在...上, 倾斜的, 歪斜的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 傾斜地
prep. - 傾斜地橫在...上
adj. - 傾斜的, 歪斜的

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 비스듬하게
prep. - 을 비스듬히, 을 가로질러
adj. - 비스듬한

日本語 (Japanese)
prep. - 斜めに横切って, 斜めに

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) بإنحراف, منحرف, فوق شي (صفه) فوق شي أو عبره بإنحراف (حرف جر)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮באלכסון, בשיפוע‬
prep. - ‮באלכסון לרוחב‬
adj. - ‮מלוכסן, משופע‬


 
 
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