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Definition of Slanted

1. Adjective. Having an oblique or slanted direction.

2. Adjective. Favoring one person or side over another. "A decision that was partial to the defendant"

Definition of Slanted

1. Adjective. Placed at an angle, on a slant. ¹

2. Verb. (past of slant) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Slanted

1. slant [v] - See also: slant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slanted

slangwhanger slangwhangers slangy slank slanshack slanshacks slant slant-eye slant-eyed slant bar

slant bars slant culture slant rhyme slant rhymes slant sight slanted (current term) slanted ear slantindicular slanting slantingly

slantings slantly slants slantways slantwise slanty slap slap-back slap-bang slap-down

Literary usage of Slanted

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"Atrides now was there, and shunn'da clash : But, slanting from the roadway, Nestor's Son Quicken'd his steeds, then slanted back, and bare Full on him, ..."

2. Biographic Clinics by George Milbry Gould (1905)
"VISUAL FUNCTION THE CAUSE OF, slanted HANDWRITING; ITS RELATION TO ... If not actually crying out against slanted handwriting and school desks as the causes ..."

3. Righthandedness and Lefthandedness by George Milbry Gould (1908)
"slanted Handwriting is Bad, but not because of Bad Reasons. ... If not actually crying out against slanted handwriting and school-desks as the causes of ..."

4. Righthandedness and Lefthandedness by George Milbry Gould (1908)
"slanted Handwriting is Bad, but not because of Bad Reasons. ... If not actually crying out against slanted handwriting and school-desks as the causes of ..."

5. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science by Indiana Academy of Science (1922)
"The viability of the organisms in each series of heated tubes was tested by means of loop transfers to tubes of slanted agar, and the suspensions FiK. 1. ..."

6. English Prose and Verse from Beowulf to Stevenson by Henry Spackman Pancoast (1915)
"But oh! that deep romantic chasm which slanted That fear no spite of wind or tide! 15 Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover! ..."

7. Mechanics for the Millwright, Machinist, Engineer, Civil Engineer, Architect by Frederick Overman (1851)
"slanted COGS. Face wheels are liable to cause vibrations in the shafts and machinery connected with it, because of the space or play between the cogs. ..."

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