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21askant — 1. adjective Aslant, or sloping. 2. adverb Aslant, or askance, or sideways …
22askew — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. crooked, awry, lopsided, oblique. See distortion. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. awry, aslant, to one side; see crooked 1 , oblique 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. awry, aslant, sidelong, crooked …
23awry — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. askance, crooked, askew; out of order; mistaken, amiss, wrong; cockeyed, screwy (both sl.). See obliquity, disorder. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Wrong] Syn. amiss, astray, wrong; see wrong 2 , 3 . 2 …
24slant — /slænt / (say slant), /slant / (say slahnt) verb (i) 1. to slope; be directed or lie obliquely. –verb (t) 2. to slope; direct or turn so as to make (something) oblique. 3. a. to distort or give partisan emphasis to (a newspaper story, article,… …
25obliquely — adverb 1. to, toward or at one side darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face • Syn: ↑sidelong, ↑sideways 2. at an oblique angle the sun shone aslant into his face • Syn: ↑aslant, ↑ …
26slant — v., n., & adj. v. 1 intr. slope; diverge from a line; lie or go obliquely to a vertical or horizontal line. 2 tr. cause to do this. 3 tr. (often as slanted adj.) present (information) from a particular angle esp. in a biased or unfair way. n. 1 a …
27Aslope — A*slope , adv. & a. [Pref. a + slope.] Slopingly; aslant; declining from an upright direction; sloping. Set them not upright, but aslope. Bacon. [1913 Webster] …
28Plagiotropic — Pla gi*o*trop ic, a. [Gr. pla gios aslant + ? to turn.] (Bot.) Having the longer axis inclined away from the vertical line. [1913 Webster] …
29Resupine — Re su*pine , a. [L. resupinus; pref. re re + supinus bent backward, supine.] Lying on the back; supine; hence, careless. Sir K. Digby. [1913 Webster] He spake, and, downward swayed, fell resupine, With his huge neck aslant. Cowper. [1913 Webster] …
30Ophelia (character) — Ophelia is a fictional character in the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare. She is a young noblewoman of Denmark, the daughter of Polonius, sister of Laertes, and sweetheart of Prince Hamlet.OriginsA possible historical source for Ophelia is… …
