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All sloping synonyms

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adjective sloping

  • leaning — the act or state of leaning; inclination: The tower has a pronounced lean.
  • zigzag — a line, course, or progression characterized by sharp turns first to one side and then to the other.
  • diagonal — A diagonal line or movement goes in a sloping direction, for example, from one corner of a square across to the opposite corner.
  • crosswise — Crosswise means diagonally across something.
  • italic — designating or pertaining to a style of printing types in which the letters usually slope to the right, patterned upon a compact manuscript hand, and used for emphasis, to separate different kinds of information, etc.: These words are in italic type.
  • inclined — deviating in direction from the horizontal or vertical; sloping.
  • inclining — an inclined surface; slope; slant.
  • angled — set at an angle
  • oblique — neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping.

adj sloping

  • cater-cornered — diagonally placed; diagonal
  • beveled — If a piece of wood, metal, or glass has beveled edges, its edges are cut sloping.
  • chamfered — a cut that is made in wood or some other material, usually at a 45° angle to the adjacent principal faces. Compare bevel.
  • hilly — full of hills; having many hills; hilly country.
  • aslant — at a slant

adv sloping

  • crabwise — (of motion) sideways; like a crab
  • edgeways — with the edge forward; in the direction of the edge.
  • aslope — sloping
  • broadside — A broadside is a strong written or spoken attack on a person or institution.
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