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slantways

ADVERB
diagonally
Synonyms
STRONGEST
cater-corner cater-cornered catercorner catty-corner catty-cornered crosswise kitty-corner kitty-cornered
STRONG
cornerways cornerwise
WEAK


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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

He threw himself over slantways, and with his head bent as if it was broken, dropped into her arms.

From Life and Death of Harriett Frean by Sinclair, May

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




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