slantwise

slantwise englannista suomeksi

1. vinosti

slantwise englanniksi

1. diagonal, in a direction or orientation between cardinal axes

2. 1858, (w), "Telling the Bees" in ''The Works of John Greenleaf Whittier'', Vol. I, Narrative and Legendary Poems, http://www.gutenberg.org/files/9567/9567-h/9567-h.htmlink2H_4_0045

I can see it all now,—the slantwise rain / Of light through the leaves, / The sundown's blaze on her window-pane, / The bloom of her roses under the eaves.

3. diagonally, in a direction or orientation between cardinal axes

4. {{quote-book|en|year=1924|author=Herman Melville|title=Billy Budd|location=London|publisher=Constable & Co.|chapter=8|url=http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0608511h.html

5. (quote-book)