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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

So it jumped slantways across the soft, central cushion of the trail into the other track.

From Over Prairie Trails by Frederick Philip Grove

The great forces of the French king, coming down slantways from the north and east, had had nearly four miles to march to his three.

From Poitiers by Hilaire Belloc

"What makes a kite go up slantways against, or on, the wind, which is the same thing in sailing?" continued Harry.

From The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound by Harold Bindloss


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