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aslope

[ uh-slohp ]

adverb

  1. at a slope; aslant; slantingly; diagonally.


adjective

aslope

/ əˈ²õ±ôəʊ±è /

adverb

  1. postpositive sloping
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of aslope1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; a- 1, slope
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"An Oblique Sphere hath the Axis of the World neither Direct nor Parallel to the Horizon, but lies aslope from it."

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Summer has come, healthy and free, Whence the brown wood is aslope; The slender nimble deer leap, And the path of seals is smooth.

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The old tiara keeps itself aslope Upon his steady brows which, all the same, Bend mildly to permit the people’s hope?

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All broad and winding and aslope, All tempting with perfidious hope, All ending in despair.

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Now, from the western mountain’s brow, Compassed with clouds of various glow, The sun a broader orb displays, And shoots aslope his ruddy rays.

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