0 in a sloping direction or position; not vertically:
They stood immobile in the rain, their black caps perched slantwise on their heads.
The light fell slantwise on her face without shining on her eyes.
She walked slowly past them, toward the fence of the cemetery, looking slantwise to the right and the back.
They could see the cutter holding a course slantwise to their own!
On the right a cottage piano was set slantwise.
The flowers are then put in slantwise, beginning at the ends of the basket, and working towards the middle, until the space is all occupied.
The sun was shining slantwise over the field, and showed all the moist, dark soil, just like any other newly planted piece of ground.
