slantwise

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsslantways

Questions about slantwise

What does slantwise mean?

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

How many syllables are in slantwise?

slantwise has 2 syllables and divides as slan-twise 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 slantwise?

Close synonyms include slantways. 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 slantwise a common word?

slantwise 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.