slantwise
adverb
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adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English slant Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós Proto-Germanic *wīsaz Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz Proto-West Germanic *-wīs Old English -wīs Middle English -wis English -wise English slantwise From slant + -wise.
- Diagonal, in a direction or orientation between cardinal axes
“I can see it all now,—the slantwise rain / Of light through the leaves, / The sundown's blaze on her window-pane, / The bloom of her roses under the eaves.”
adv
Etymology: Etymology tree English slant Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós Proto-Germanic *wīsaz Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz Proto-West Germanic *-wīs Old English -wīs Middle English -wis English -wise English slantwise From slant + -wise.
- Diagonally, in a direction or orientation between cardinal axes
“[…] he had received a cut slantwise along one temple and cheek, leaving a long scar like a streak of dawn's light falling athwart the dark visage.”
“Slantwise, a salamander-shaped sea came at them, growing.”