slanting

Questions about slanting

What does slanting mean?

slanting means "having an oblique or slanted direction".

How many syllables are in slanting?

slanting has 2 syllables: slan-ting. The stress falls on "slan". In IPA it is /ˈslæntɪŋ/.

What is another word for slanting?

Close synonyms include aslant, aslope, diagonal, slanted, 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 slanting a common word?

slanting 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.