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Synonyms for slanting

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

Définition of slanting

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 inclining
Example sentences :
  • With upraised forefinger and slanting head, he stood listening.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • It is sawn off at the proper length, square at one end and slanting at the other.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • You can see how they cut the big stones with slanting ends to do this.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
  • We began to move slowly in a slanting direction against the current.
  • Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov
  • In the darkness they hurried to the deck, which was slanting from her list.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various
  • His slanting eyes—the eyes of the Calmuck—were bloodshot; his face was yellow-white.
  • Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker
  • Passage from one level to another was by means of slanting tunnels.
  • Extract from : « The Death-Traps of FX-31 » by Sewell Peaslee Wright
  • From the steps, in the slanting rays of the morning sun, he saw him off.
  • Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
  • On went their own great battle-flag, slanting forward as Billy Maydew ran.
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
  • The sun had risen, and hill and valley were glorified by its slanting rays.
  • Extract from : « The Young Miner » by Horatio Alger, Jr.

Antonyms for slanting

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