slantingly

adv

Etymology: From slanting + -ly.

1. In a slanting orientation; aslant.

   “In consequence of this I could only manage to observe that the leaves of the plant are thrown for a few seconds into boiling water, and then placed in flat iron pans, fixed slantingly in stone-work, where they are slightly roasted by a gentle heat, during which process they are continually stirred by hand.”

   “As the clerk spoke he looked slantingly on the page, as a person might do to discover if some writing were dry.”