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Word entry · 5 letters

slant

Best crossword clue

"Biased angle"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈslɑːnt/Part of speech verb, nounSorted alnstStarts with SEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. present with a bias

Word origin

Late Middle English, from a variant of the earlier form dialectal slent, from Old Norse or another North Germanic source, cognate with Old Norse slent, Swedish slinta (“to slip”), Norwegian slenta (“to fall on the side”), from Proto-Germanic *slintaną. Probably influenced by aslant.

Used in a sentence

  • The house was built on a bit of a slant and was never quite level.
  • It was a well written article, but it had a bit of a leftist slant.
  • All batters looked alike to him—I don't believe he ever took a slant at the averages;

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