- 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
The sun was round to the west and threw long, golden rays, that were all lovely light and no heat, slantways on the paved floor and the polished tables and the bright pewter.
From Come Rack! Come Rope! by Robert Hugh Benson
Ned Alderson stood outside; he stood slantways, not looking at her.
From Mary Olivier: a Life by May Sinclair
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 John Dewey
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