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Meaning of "slantwise" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF SLANTWISE

ˈslɑːntˌwaɪz


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SLANTWISE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Slantwise can act as an adjective and an adverb.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES SLANTWISE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of slantwise in the English dictionary

The definition of slantwise in the dictionary is in a slanting or oblique direction.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SLANTWISE

clockwise · contrariwise · counterclockwise · dropwise · endwise · flatwise · guestwise · leastwise · lengthwise · likewise · otherwise · pairwise · piecewise · profitwise · stepwise · streetwise · sunwise · tentwise · thwartwise · weftwise

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SLANTWISE

slangily · slanginess · slanging match · slangingly · slangish · slanguage · slangular · slangy · slant · slant rhyme · slant-eyed · slantendicular · slanter · slantindicular · slanting · slantingly · slantingways · slantly · slantways · slanty

WORDS THAT END LIKE SLANTWISE

anticlockwise · anywise · be wise · bendwise · coastwise · cornerwise · crosswise · edgewise · elsewise · longwise · nowise · palewise · penny-wise · suchwise · taxwise · unwise · weather-wise · widthwise · wise · worldly-wise

Synonyms and antonyms of slantwise in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «slantwise» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF SLANTWISE

Find out the translation of slantwise to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of slantwise from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «slantwise» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

倾斜
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

oblicuamente
570 millions of speakers
en

English

slantwise
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

slantwise
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مائل
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

косо
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

slantwise
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

তির্যগ্ভাবে
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

oblique
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Slantwise
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

schräg
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

斜めに
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

비스듬히
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Slantwise
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xiên
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

slantwise
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

तिरकस
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

meyilli
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

obliquamente
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

ukośnie
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

косо
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

oblic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λοξά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

scheef
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sned
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skrå
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of slantwise

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SLANTWISE»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about slantwise

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLANTWISE»

Discover the use of slantwise in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to slantwise and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Slantwise: Poems
Slantwise fulfills the hope Adcock once expressed in an interview: "to tell the truth and find that it is music.'"--BOOK JACKET.
Betty Adcock, 2008
2
Meteorology at the Millennium
These states are not only baroclinically unstable, but unstable to slantwise moist convection everywhere that the horizontal temperature gradient is nonzero. Slantwise moist convection has time and space scales that are intermediate between ...
Robert P. Pearce, 2005
3
Large-scale Inhomogeneous Thermodynamics: And Application ...
These criteria of static instability in the dry and moist convection cannot be applied for the slantwise convection in the baroclinic or equivalent baroclinic atmospheres, since there are the horizontal gradients of environmental temperature and ...
Yong Zhu, 2003
4
Synoptic-dynamic Meteorology in Midlatitudes: Observations ...
See also Ageostrophic circulation frontogenesis, middle-upper tropospheric, analysis using, 375-77 geostrophic coordinates, in, 334 SCAPE. See Slantwise convective available potential energy Scud, 476 Sea-breeze front, 265, 280, 441, 488 ...
Howard B. Bluestein, 1993
5
Climate Dynamics: Why Does Climate Vary
On Figure 4, the uppermost inset diagram displays quasilaminar branches or “ slantwise layer overturning” in the vertical plane that distinguish the Moncrieff models: (1) an upward jump-like branch flows through the system without change of ...
De-Zheng Sun, Frank Bryan, 2013
6
IUTAM Symposium on Advances in Mathematical Modelling of ...
(2000) using drop sonde and radar data from aircraft. It shows a multi stacked cloud head and the slantwise ascent and descent circulation of two cloud heads. The KFRK simulation shows the slantwise cross frontal circulation of the first cloud ...
P.F. Hodnett, 2001
7
Eloquent Science: A Practical Guide to Becoming a Better ...
[2] Although we do not deny the likely existence of slantwise convection or the possible involvement ofMSI in some precipitating systems in the atmosphere, it is our contention that CSI [conditional symmetric instability, a form of MSI] is ...
David Schultz, 2013
8
Issues in Earth Sciences, Geology, and Geophysics: 2011 Edition
“A feature of this occasion was the existence near the surface of a strong undercurrent of cool air flowing against the direction of travel of the storm. The air feeding both the upright and slantwise ascent originated not from near the surface but, ...
‎2012
9
Ocean Dynamics
We will consider the latter issue in the following section. Note that the condition for inertial instability fQ < 0 holds for the Southern Hemisphere as well. Slantwise Convection From (8.257), the potential vorticity can be written as Q D ...
Dirk Olbers, Jürgen Willebrand, Carsten Eden, 2012
10
Lambda Calculus with Types
(i) Show that f(x, y) = x y is slantwise definable. (ii) Show that the predecessor function is slantwise definable. (iii) Show that subtraction is not slantwise definable. [Hint. Suppose towards a contradictionthat aterm defines subtraction. Use the ...
Henk Barendregt, Wil Dekkers, Richard Statman, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLANTWISE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term slantwise is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Unknown Notebooks of Jean-Michel Basquiat
As SAMO, he dealt in words, artfully executed with marker or spray can, to be sure, but nevertheless words intended to convey meaning, slantwise — that is to ... «New York Times, Mar 15»
2
Havaianas wins French Court of Appeal trademark case
... composed of two symmetrical sequences of geometrical figures in the form of an elongated S, intertwined and positioned slantwise — was readily identifiable. «Drapers, Nov 14»
3
Amazon's Cloud Is So Pervasive, Even Apple Uses It
Though it's understandable why the company might not want to advertise its apparent dependence on Amazon at the moment, as the news runs slantwise to ... «ReadWrite, Aug 14»
4
Echo Boy by Matt Haig review – an exciting SF thriller for teens
He shows us to ourselves slantwise, through the eyes of a dog, a cat, an alien, or a family of relatively domesticated vampires. Haig's moral seriousness – his ... «The Guardian, May 14»
5
'Nothing More To Lose' Forges A Connection To Palestine
... a blank slate, allowing Kareem James Abu-Zeid's translation to inscribe itself on their thoughts as they learn, in poetry's slantwise way, about Gaza, Bint Jbeil, ... «NPR, Apr 14»
6
Andrew Johnson's first 100 (and a bit) days
A stop sign pilot for an adjacent corner. And trying to get an ice cream shop into the attractive but problem-prone building with a slantwise storefront. He has also ... «Southside Pride, Apr 14»
7
Is Your City An Elegant Grid Or A Sprawling Chaotic Mess?
It also ignores the canals, which go slantwise, and Grand Avenue (formerly the highway to Las Vegas), which also slants. Our suburbs mostly follow the same ... «Business Insider, Mar 14»
8
REMER: Tackling the hardest subject
When we investigate the external world in labs, we examine ourselves slantwise. Learning about the world is a way of learning how we can better to relate to it. «Yale Daily News, Mar 14»
9
My Old Hero
The apprentice learns slantwise, by studying the master on the sly, peering over his shoulder or poking around the workroom after the master has retired for the ... «Santa Barbara Independent, Jan 14»
10
Ice Cube Sculptures, Tulips And Death: A 2014 Poetry Preview
Ford possesses a subtle brilliance; her poems move slantwise, piercing to the heart of whatever matter is under her pen. In this case,that's the strangeness and ... «NPR, Jan 14»
REFERENCE
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