aslope

Questions about aslope

What does aslope mean?

aslope means "having an oblique or slanted direction".

How many syllables are in aslope?

aslope has 2 syllables and divides as a-slope under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for aslope?

Close synonyms include aslant, diagonal, slanted, slanting, sloped. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is aslope a common word?

aslope is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.