slantwise

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A saxophone solo by Lehman, 44, adds textures that he’s honed on his alto instrument: slantwise methods that he developed in formal training and time on the New York scene.

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2022

Western readers may find the allusions frustratingly indirect, but Kadare has accustomed himself to telling his tales slantwise, even in a post-totalitarian era where anything goes.

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2018

I can see it all now,—the slantwise rain   Of light through the leaves,The sundown's blaze on her window-pane,   The bloom of her roses under the eaves.

From The Guardian • Jun. 11, 2012

He used the same instrument to determine the set of the eyes, holding it slantwise from the eye socket to the cheekbone.

From Time Magazine Archive

Against the descending sun the battlements were dark and clean- lined, while to the east, where the uninhibited light poured slantwise, the strange landscape shouted with color.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck