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Definition of Slantways
1. Adverb. At a slant; moving or directed in a slantwise position or direction.
Definition of Slantways
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slantways
Literary usage of Slantways
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Household Surgery; Or, Hints on Emergencies by John Flint South (1850)
"These slantways turnings-down of the roller often require three or four successive
repetitions, till it get into proper trim to move on regularly. ..."
2. Young Englishwoman: A Volume of Pure Literature, New Fashions, and Pretty (1867)
"The paletot and dress are of grey rep, ornamented with cross strips, and pieces
of silk cord placed slantways with a button at either end. ..."
3. The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart by John Milton, John Mitford, Walter Scott (1850)
"Holmes made use of a mallet and chisel, and cut open the coffin slantways from
the head to the breast. The lead being doubled up, the corpse became visible ..."
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