Aslant Definition

ə-slănt
adjective
At a slant; obliquely.
American Heritage
Slanting.
Webster's New World
Wiktionary
preposition
Obliquely over or across.
Lay the paddle aslant the gunwales.
American Heritage
On a slant across.
Webster's New World

(archaic) Diagonally over or across.

Lay the gun aslant your lap.
Wiktionary
adverb
On a slant; slantingly; obliquely.
Webster's New World

At a slant.

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Origin of Aslant

  • From Middle English aslant (“at an angle, in a curve; from the side, deviously”), from "on slante"; equivalent to a- +‎ slant

    From Wiktionary

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