aslant

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

aslant
    adv 1: over or across in a slanting direction
    2: at an oblique angle; "the sun shone aslant into his face"
       [syn: {obliquely}, {aslant}, {athwart}]
    adj 1: having an oblique or slanted direction [syn: {aslant},
           {aslope}, {diagonal}, {slanted}, {slanting}, {sloped},
           {sloping}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Aslant \A*slant"\, adv. & a. [Pref. a- + slant.]
   Toward one side; in a slanting direction; obliquely.
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         [The shaft] drove through his neck aslant. --Dryden.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Aslant \A*slant"\, prep.
   In a slanting direction over; athwart.
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         There is a willow grows aslant a brook.  --Shak.
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