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51crosswise — adv 1. across, crossways, athwart, thwart, cross, crisscross; transversely, from side to side, sideways, awry, askant, obliquely, at an angle. 2. contrarily, perversely, wrongly, contrariwise, contradictorily, opposingly; at cross purposes, at… …
52lateral — adj Sldewise, sideways, sidelong, sideward, sidewards; edgewise, edgeways; sideling, indirect, oblique, sloping, slanting; askance, askant, asquint; bordering, marginal, edging, verging, fl?nking, fringing, skirting; sided, flanked; abreast,… …
53laterally — adv Sldeways, sidewise, sideway, sidewards, sideward, sideling, sidelong; obliquely, slopingly, aslant, slantwise, slantways; edgeways, edgewise, broadside; abreast, alongside, to one side, beside, by the side of; neck and neck, side by side,… …
54oblique — adj 1. slanting, sloping, slated, inclined, tilted, atilt, listing, canting; diagonal, abaxial, pla gihedral, rhomboidal, eater cornered; All Geol. synclinal, anticlinal, anaclinal, cataclinal. 2. askew, skew, aslant, awry, wry, askant, askance,… …
55sideways — adv obliquely, indirectly; sidewise, sidewards, sidelong, edgeways, edgewise; askew, asquint, awry, askant; laterally, off to the side, to one side, on the side of …
56slanting — adj sloping, oblique, slanted, inclined, tilted, atilt; leaning, stooping, canting, listing, diagonal; abaxial, plagihedral, rhomboidal, eater cornered, Brit. wonky, Brit. skew whiff; askew, skew, aslant, awry, wry, askant, asquint; biased,… …
57askance — /əsˈkæns / (say uhs kans) adverb 1. with suspicion, mistrust, or disapproval: he looked askance at my offer. 2. with a side glance; sideways. Also, askant /əsˈkænt/ (say uhs kant). {origin uncertain} …
58askew — [adj] crooked askance, askant, aslant, awry, bent, buckled, catawampus*, cockeyed*, crookedly, curved, knotted, lopsided, oblique, obliquely, off center, slanted, slanting, to one side, topsy turvey*, turned, twisted, yaw ways*, zigzag*; concept… …
59cockeyed — [adj] crooked, askew absurd, askance, askant, asymmetrical, awry, cam, canted, crazy, crooked, cross eyed, lopsided, ludicrous, nonsensical, preposterous, squint, strabismic; concept 586 Ant. level, straight …
60askance — adv. (also askant) sideways or squinting. Phrases and idioms: look askance at regard with suspicion or disapproval. Etymology: 16th c.: orig. unkn …
