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Definition of Slantingly
1. Adverb. With a slant.
Definition of Slantingly
1. Adverb. at a slanting direction; aslant ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slantingly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slantingly
Literary usage of Slantingly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of South-Indian Palæography from the Fourth to the Seventeenth by Arthur Coke Burnell (1878)
"... it is, sometimes, possible to read them when the sun's fays fall slantingly
on the surface of the stone, and, thus, the depressions are in shade. ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1896)
"Its sharp point was slantingly and deeply embedded in the mud, while its long handle
... 8, in Plate XXXII), burned oft slantingly on a line that must have ..."
3. Soper's Select Speaker: Containing Choicest Orations, Humorous, Dramatic and by Henry Marlin Soper, Soper School of Oratory (1901)
"Hold flags up slantingly in front of body. 2. Drop them slantingly. 3. ...
Bend body, holding flags down slantingly. 19. Raise body and flags with sweeping ..."
4. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"A micro-scale, divided conveniently into fifth-millimetres, is fixed slantingly
to the pillar, the needle at the corresponding pirt is shaped thus, ..."
5. Major and Minor Keys: Critical Essays on Philippine Fiction and Poetry by Ricaredo Demetillo (1885)
"This is because, when the rays of the sun fall slantingly, or obliquely, on the
earth, as they do in the early morning, they do not make it so warm as when ..."
6. Harpers̓ Introductory Geography: With Maps and Illustrations Prepared by Harper & Brothers (1878)
"This is because, when the rays of the sun fall slantingly, or obliquely, on the
earth, as they do in the early morning, they do not make it so warm as ..."
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