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Definition of Slanty

1. deviating from the horizontal or vertical [adj] : SLANTLY [adv]

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Slanty

slangs slanguage slanguages slangy slank slant slant-eye slanted slanted ear slanting

slantingly slantly slants slantways slantwise slanty (current term) slant culture slap slap-bang slap-up

slapdash slapdashes slaphappier slaphappiest slaphappy slaphead slapheads slapjack slapjacks slapped

Literary usage of Slanty

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1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1868)
"... indefatigable exertions of Captain Maitland in judiciously stationing the cruizers under his command, which consisted of the Myrmidon, slanty, Cyrus, ..."

2. Greatest Short Stories (1915)
"Laughter as sharp as a knife, long and pitiful wailing; strange weird dances in the purplish light of torches, their slanty, fiery tongues wrapped in the ..."

3. Reports of Cases Argued and Ruled at Nisi Prius, in the Courts of King's by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Isaac 'Espinasse, Great Britain Court of Common Pleas (1801)
"slanty, 8 T. fe. 578. READ against PASSER. Tuesday, Dec. 2d. 'T'HIS was an issue directed out of the Court of Chancery. The register The question for the ..."

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