aslant - transcription, translation and pronunciation online

Transcription and pronunciation of the word "aslant" in British and American variants. Detailed translation and examples.

aslant
[əˈslɑːnt]
[əˈslɑːnt]
Definitions
adverb
at an angle or in a sloping direction.
some of the paintings hung aslant
preposition
across at an angle or in a sloping direction.
rays of light fell aslant a door
Examples
If we accept that our knowledge of a genre will affect our response to the work then what appears to reside in that particular genre, however aslant the work might appear will be viewed with reference to that particular ‘symbol system.’
rays of light fell aslant a door
The paint seems to have been blown across the canvas by the wind, the solid forms lying aslant the canvas like plants flattened after a storm, the vertical drips of the residue testifying to the impact made by the passing devastation.
some of the paintings hung aslant
some of the paintings hung aslant
rays of light fell aslant a door
I don't understand why she goes backwards, back and aslant , tacking to one side.