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What is the adjective for slanting?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb slant which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

slantwise
  1. diagonal, in a direction or orientation between cardinal axes
  2. Synonyms:
      3. slanted, tilted, oblique, listing, askew, crooked, pitched, lopsided, slanting, uneven, sloping, aslant, awry, tilting, atilt, skewed, inclined, leaning, crazy, tipping, canted, slant, cockeyed, diagonal, sloped, raked, cant, graded, off-kilter, cock-a-hoop, angled, squint, skewwhiff, asymmetrical, skew, out of true, at an angle, out of line, wonky, unsymmetrical, twisted, aslope, not straight, off-centre, skew-whiff, cock-eyed, off-center, to one side, out of plumb, curved … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The artist painted the picture with slantwise brushstrokes, giving the illusion of movement and adding a dynamic touch to the composition.”
slanted
  1. Placed at an angle, on a slant.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. oblique, tilted, sloping, slantwise, listing, inclined, tilting, pitched, leaning, slant, canted, sloped, diagonal, raked, cant, graded, aslope, slanting, askew, aslant, angled, squint, inclining, at an angle, lopsided, atilt, crooked, skew, cambered, dipping, declivitous, acclivous, declivous, acclivitous, not straight, on the slant, at a slant, out of true, out of line, orientated, oriented, skewing, chamfered, beveled, bevelled, supine, downhill, bias-cut … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Above it, the clouds had hollowed into an enormous, twisting cauldron, down which, in slanted lines, the sun was pouring its silver fire.”
      “His thin, delicate mouth tended to twist into a slanted smirk.”
      “In many instances, the panel opinion is slanted toward that of a higher-ranked individual within the organization.”
slanting
  1. Out of the perpendicular, not perpendicular.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. slanted, tilted, oblique, askew, crooked, listing, lopsided, slantwise, uneven, aslant, pitched, awry, atilt, skewed, sloping, tilting, tipping, crazy, inclined, leaning, cockeyed, canted, angled, squint, skew, diagonal, bent, cambered, dipping, aslope, sideways, off-kilter, cock-a-hoop, at an angle, not straight, cater-cornered, catty-cornered, kitty-corner, on the bias, out of plumb, on a slope, slant, sloped, raked, asymmetrical, cant, graded, out of true, skewwhiff, twisted … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The narrow wedge of space under the slanting roof is open to keep out rain but allow in light and air.”
slanty
  1. (informal) slanted
  2. Examples:
      3. “I trudged to my distant little-green-car and puttered over to Kilbirnie, sun all golden and slanty at my back.”
      “The PS4 is a bit slanty and the Xbox One looks a little like a videotape recorder, but they're both very much black boxes.”
      “The white boy playing the Asian role improvised slanty eyes, leading a Chinese-American teacher to cancel the play.”
slantindicular
  1. (archaic) slanted
slantier
  1. comparative form of slanty: more slanty
slantiest
  1. superlative form of slanty: most slanty
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