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UK
/slˈɑːntɪd/
]
[ US /ˈsɫænəd, ˈsɫænɪd, ˈsɫæntɪd/ ]
[ US /ˈsɫænəd, ˈsɫænɪd, ˈsɫæntɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- having an oblique or slanted direction
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favoring one person or side over another
a biased account of the trial
a decision that was partial to the defendant
How To Use slanted In A Sentence
- The police claimed that reports in the media were slanted against/towards the defendant.
- The morning sun slanted through the glass roof.
- Light slanted through the canopy of trees that sheltered the abandoned field, causing Qiara to shield her face, and squint her eyes up at the sun.
- I kept envisioning the streets, the fields that slanted upwards with the little dividing lines of trees running in order to separate properties.
- The other was really, really tall, with long jet black hair and slanted black eyes.
- Latin scribes held their stiff-nibbed reed pens almost directly upright and at right angles to the writing surface, so that a down stroke from left to right and slanted at an angle of about forty-five degrees would bring the nib across the surface broadwise, resulting in the widest line possible to the pen. Letters and Lettering A Treatise With 200 Examples
- She said that the investigators’ report seemed “omissive” and therefore slanted against Freshwater. Freshwater April 29 & 30: Exploiting kids - The Panda's Thumb
- At elections, when our minds are fuddled by fudged facts and slanted statistics, we ordinary mugs need merely study the smooth political faces on the television - and sniff.
- Polling even showed that public opinion slanted rightward on these issues.
- I would recognize the slanted eyes, the dark glistening skin and the high cheekbones anywhere.