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Antonyms for kilter

Grammar : Noun
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Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɪl tər


Definition of kilter

Origin :
  • in out of kilter (1620s) variant of English dialectal kelter (c.1600) "good condition, order," of unknown origin.
  • noun trim
Example sentences :
  • Them ear-fixin's was good while they lasted, but they got out of kilter quick.
  • Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Then he said: 'There's no wonder the engine's out of kilter.
  • Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • “I guess it was my own sense of proportion that got out of kilter, Gee-Gee,” he finally said.
  • Extract from : « The Prairie Mother » by Arthur Stringer
  • You can see it now, though it is all out of gear and kilter.
  • Extract from : « In The Boyhood of Lincoln » by Hezekiah Butterworth
  • It came there yesterday afternoon, and seems to be out of kilter.
  • Extract from : « The Motor Boys Over the Rockies » by Clarence Young
  • The property-man's shooting-irons are all out of kilter, too.
  • Extract from : « A Pasteboard Crown » by Clara Morris
  • Kilter wiped the blood from his face and the sweat from his body with a flannel, and placed the neck of a bottle to his mouth.
  • Extract from : « The Man Who Laughs » by Victor Hugo
  • We've had some reports that some of the government machines are out of kilter, and I'd like you to go over them for me.
  • Extract from : « Occasion for Disaster » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • Your whole mental and moral and physical and spiritual system must be out of kilter, my child.
  • Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery
  • The truth is, I have never got over the last influenza yet, and am miserably out of heart and out of kilter.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) » by Robert Louis Stevenson

Synonyms for kilter

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