What does aslope mean?

Definitions for aslope
əˈsloʊpas·lope

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word aslope.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. aslant, aslope, diagonal, slanted, slanting, sloped, slopingadjective

    having an oblique or slanted direction

Wiktionary

  1. aslopeadverb

    slanted or sloping

  2. aslopeadjective

    slanted or sloping

  3. Etymology: from *aslopen, from aslupan

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Aslopeadverb

    With declivity; obliquely; not perpendicularly.

    Etymology: from a and slope.

    Set them not upright, but aslope, a reasonable depth under the ground. Francis Bacon, Nat. History, №. 425.

    The curse aslope
    Glanc’d on the ground; with labour I must earn
    My bread: what harm? Idleness had been worse:
    My labour will sustain me. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. x.

    The knight did stoop,
    And sate on further side aslope. Hudibras.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Aslope

    slopingly; aslant; declining from an upright direction; sloping

  2. Etymology: [Pref. a- + slope.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Aslope

    a-slōp′, adj. or adv. on the slope.

Anagrams for aslope »

  1. El Paso

  2. poales

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of aslope in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of aslope in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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