- 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
It blew in slantways under the top, then described a curve upward, and downward again, as if it were going to settle on the right end of the back.
From Over Prairie Trails by Frederick Philip Grove
So it jumped slantways across the soft, central cushion of the trail into the other track.
From Over Prairie Trails by Frederick Philip Grove
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 May Sinclair
