slanting

adj.inclining

Synonyms for slanting

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Antonyms for slanting

straight

Word Origin & History

1520s, "to strike obliquely" (against something), alteration of slenten "slip sideways" (c.1300), perhaps via a Scandinavian source (cf. Swedish slinta "to slip," Norwegian slenta "to fall on one side"), from Proto-Germanic *slintanan. Intransitive sense of "to slope, to lie obliquely" is first recorded 1690s; transitive sense of "to give a sloping direction to" is from 1805. Related: Slanted; slanting. As an adverb from late 15c.; as an adjective from 1610s. Slant rhyme attested from 1944.

Example Sentences forslanting

With upraised forefinger and slanting head, he stood listening.

It is sawn off at the proper length, square at one end and slanting at the other.

You can see how they cut the big stones with slanting ends to do this.

We began to move slowly in a slanting direction against the current.

In the darkness they hurried to the deck, which was slanting from her list.

His slanting eyes—the eyes of the Calmuck—were bloodshot; his face was yellow-white.

Passage from one level to another was by means of slanting tunnels.

From the steps, in the slanting rays of the morning sun, he saw him off.

On went their own great battle-flag, slanting forward as Billy Maydew ran.

The sun had risen, and hill and valley were glorified by its slanting rays.

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