slantways

1. 1.

   at a slant; moving or directed in a slantwise position or direction

   Synonymsslantwise

Questions about slantways

What does slantways mean?

slantways means "at a slant; moving or directed in a slantwise position or direction".

How many syllables are in slantways?

slantways has 2 syllables: slan-tways. The stress falls on "slan".

What is another word for slantways?

Close synonyms include slantwise. 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 slantways a common word?

slantways is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.