aslant

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   at an oblique or sloping angle

   Late sunlight fell aslant across the water.

2. 2
   adj

   sloping or directed obliquely

   An aslant beam of light crossed the darkened room.

From Middle English aslant, based on the phrase on slant. The initial a- preserves the old prepositional construction, as in ashore and asleep.

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