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Slantly :: Slantly (adv.) In an inclined direction; obliquely; slopingly.

Sloping :: Sloping (a.) Inclining or inclined from the plane of the horizon, or from a horizontal or other right line; oblique; declivous; slanting..

Aslope :: Aslope (adv. & a.) Slopingly; aslant; declining from an upright direction; sloping.

Slant :: Slant (n.) A slanting direction or plane; a slope; as, it lies on a slant..

Pitch :: Pitch (n.) The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant; as, a steep pitch in the road; the pitch of a roof..

Bias :: Bias (adv.) In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally; as, to cut cloth bias..

Bevel :: Bevel (n.) Any angle other than a right angle; the angle which one surface makes with another when they are not at right angles; the slant or inclination of such surface; as, to give a bevel to the edge of a table or a stone slab; the bevel of a piece of timber..

Bevel :: Bevel (v. i.) To deviate or incline from an angle of 90¡, as a surface; to slant..

Stoop :: Stoop (v. t.) To cause to incline downward; to slant; as, to stoop a cask of liquor..

Backstay :: Backstay (n.) A rope or stay extending from the masthead to the side of a ship, slanting a little aft, to assist the shrouds in supporting the mast..

Bias :: Bias (a.) Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth..

Slant :: Slant (v. t.) To turn from a direct line; to give an oblique or sloping direction to; as, to slant a line..

Aslant :: Aslant (adv. & a.) Toward one side; in a slanting direction; obliquely.

Slanting :: Slanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Slan.

Slant :: Slant (v. i.) Inclined from a direct line, whether horizontal or perpendicular; sloping; oblique..

Slanted :: Slanted (imp. & p. p.) of Slan.

Sponson :: Sponson (n.) One of the slanting supports under the guards of a steamboat.

Bias :: Bias (n.) A slant; a diagonal; as, to cut cloth on the bias..

Oblique :: Oblique (a.) Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined..

Slant :: Slant (v. i.) To be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie obliquely; to slope.

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