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Adverbs (3)

aslant

adv. over or across in a slanting direction

obliquely, athwart

adv. at an oblique angle; "the sun shone aslant into his face"

Adjectives (5)

sloping, aslope, slanted, slanting, sloped

adj. having an oblique or slanted direction

Fuzzynyms (7)

awry, wonky, askew, cockeyed, lopsided

adj. turned or twisted toward one side; "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton; "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"

awry, askew

adv. turned or twisted to one side

Synonyms (13)

leaning, atilt, canted, tilted, tipped

adj. departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal; "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the headstones were tilted"

bevel, cant, beveled, bevelled

adj. having the slant of a bevel: "a bevel edge"; "a cant buttress"

high-pitched

adj. set at a sharp or high angle or slant; "a high-pitched roof"

low-pitched

adj. set at a low angle or slant; "a low-pitched roof"

oblique

adj. slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; "the oblique rays of the winter sun"; "acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles"; "the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base"

pitched

adj. set at a slant; "a pitched rather than a flat roof"

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