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slantwise en · ADJ
Etymology
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English slant
Proto-Indo-European *weyd-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *wéydos
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.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) 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.
1858, John Greenleaf Whittier, "Telling the Bees" in The Works of John Greenleaf Whittier, Vol. I, Narrative and Legendary Poems, http://www.gutenberg.org/files/9567/9567-h/9567-h.htm#link2H_4_0045
slantwise en · ADV
Etymology
Etymology tree
English slant
Proto-Indo-European *weyd-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *wéydos
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.
Meanings
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Diagonally, in a direction or orientation between cardinal axes
Ms. Davis — who at different points in the set called to mind Andrew Hill, Cecil Taylor and Paul Bley, without resorting to mimicry — often led this charge, starting out with a blank canvas and creeping slantwise into a repeatable motif.
2015 June 18, Nate Chinen, “Review: Eric Revis Trio Lets the Music Lead the Way at the Jazz Gallery”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2022:Slantwise, a salamander-shaped sea came at them, growing.
1970, Larry Niven, Ringworld, page 113:[…] 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.
1924, Herman Melville, chapter 8, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.:
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