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Webster 1913 Edition
Aslope
A-slope′
,adv.
& Adj.
[Pref.
a-
+ slope
.] Slopingly; aslant; declining from an upright direction; sloping.
“Set them not upright, but aslope.” Bacon.
Webster 1828 Edition
Aslope
ASLO'PE
,Adj.
With leaning or inclination; obliquely; with declivity or descent, as a hill; declining from an upright direction.
Set them not upright, but aslope.
Definition 2024
aslope
aslope
English
Adjective
aslope (comparative more aslope, superlative most aslope)
- slanted or sloping
- 1911, Chesterton, The Innocence of Father Brown, The Honor of Israel Gow
- Far as the eye could see, farther and farther as they mounted the slope, were seas beyond seas of pines, now all aslope one way under the wind.
- 1911, Chesterton, The Innocence of Father Brown, The Honor of Israel Gow
Adverb
aslope (comparative more aslope, superlative most aslope)
- slanted or sloping