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Antonyms for slanted

Grammar : Adj
Spell : slant, slahnt
Phonetic Transcription : slænt, slɑnt

Definition of slanted

Origin :
  • 1520s, "to strike obliquely" (against something), alteration of slenten "slip sideways" (c.1300), perhaps via a Scandinavian source (cf. Swedish slinta "to slip," Norwegian slenta "to fall on one side"), from Proto-Germanic *slintanan. Intransitive sense of "to slope, to lie obliquely" is first recorded 1690s; transitive sense of "to give a sloping direction to" is from 1805. Related: Slanted; slanting. As an adverb from late 15c.; as an adjective from 1610s. Slant rhyme attested from 1944.
  • adj at a slant
Example sentences :
  • It had struck in the back and slanted along the shoulder blade.
  • Extract from : « The Treasure Trail » by Marah Ellis Ryan
  • And she laughed at him out of her green eyes that slanted so enchantingly.
  • Extract from : « The Crimson Tide » by Robert W. Chambers
  • She drew down the slanted brows with a delicious effect of surprise.
  • Extract from : « Little Miss Grouch » by Samuel Hopkins Adams
  • They sailed out from the timber and across and slanted down into a gulch.
  • Extract from : « Pluck on the Long Trail » by Edwin L. Sabin
  • As they examined it, they saw that it slanted steeply downward.
  • Extract from : « The Black Star Passes » by John W Campbell
  • These were stuck in the ground, and slanted over the flames to roast.
  • Extract from : « On the Banks of the Amazon » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • The air was getting dim with the fine, hard snow that slanted through it.
  • Extract from : « Red Men and White » by Owen Wister
  • A shaft of golden light, aswarm with motes, slanted in the quietness.
  • Extract from : « The House with the Green Shutters » by George Douglas Brown
  • Your eyes so slanted, so dark a green they seem black usually too.
  • Extract from : « Thy Name Is Woman » by Bryce Walton
  • The vessel had slanted down toward the bows at an angle of about 36 degrees.
  • Extract from : « Aircraft and Submarines » by Willis J. Abbot.

Synonyms for slanted

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