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Slanting vs Awry - What's the difference?

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Slanting is a related term of awry.


As a verb slanting

is .

As a noun slanting

is the state or quality of being slanted.

As an adverb awry is

obliquely, crookedly; askew.

As an adjective awry is

turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place.

slanting

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The state or quality of being slanted.
    • The slanting of the hill was too steep for safe skiing.

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    awry

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Obliquely, crookedly; askew.
  • Perversely, improperly.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place.
    • The frame was awry .
  • Wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss.
    • There is something awry with this story.

    Usage notes

    * As an adjective, awry is almost always used as a predicate adjective.

    Synonyms

    * (misaligned) wonky (mostly UK)

    Quotations

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