Usually means: At an angle; not vertical.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word Slantwise:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. slantwise: Merriam-Webster
  2. slantwise: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. slantwise: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. slantwise: Collins English Dictionary
  5. slantwise: Vocabulary.com
  6. slantwise: Wordnik
  7. slantwise: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. slantwise: Wiktionary
  9. slantwise: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. slantwise: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. slantwise: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. slantwise: Dictionary.com
  13. Slantwise: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. slantwise: Rhymezone
  15. Slantwise: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. slantwise: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. slantwise: FreeDictionary.org
  18. slantwise: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. slantwise: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. slantwise: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

(Note: See slant as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (slantwise)

▸ adjective:  diagonal, in a direction or orientation between cardinal axes
▸ adverb:  diagonally, in a direction or orientation between cardinal axes

Similar:
diagonal, slantindicular, slantingdicular, slantendicular, cantic, axiolateral, axised, cross-handed, straight, antiaxial, more...

Opposite:
straight, perpendicular, vertical, upright

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Similar:
diagonal, slantindicular, slantingdicular, slantendicular, cantic, axiolateral, axised, cross-handed, straight, antiaxial, more...

Opposite:
straight, perpendicular, vertical, upright



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