- a variation of slantwise.
slantways
Example Sentences
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Then louder and faster, a driving torrent falling slantways from the slate sky, like water from a sluice.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
He looked slantways out of the corners of his eyes.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
So it jumped slantways across the soft, central cushion of the trail into the other track.
From Over Prairie Trails by Grove, Frederick Philip
These under the cherry trees with the sunshine shining through slantways made one of the brilliant sights of a lifetime.
From Letters from China and Japan by Dewey, John
"Stand on this box," said Joe to Dodo, "and look hard at that small slantways branch, with the little bunch on it!"
From Citizen Bird Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners by Fuertes, Louis Agassiz
