slant

slant n

see slant, adv.

1. Shaft; column; reflection.

slant [-ed, -s] v

see slant, adv.

1. Move; turn; slope.

slant adv

ME a-slonte + -ing.

1. Indirectly; obliquely; periphrastically; euphemistically; with circumlocution; [fig.] sensitively; reverently; respectfully; with solemnity.