slopingly

slope

 (slōp)

v. sloped, slop·ing, slopes

v.intr.

1. To diverge from the vertical or horizontal; incline: a roof that slopes. See Synonyms at slant.

2. To move or walk: "Without another word he turned and sloped off down the driveway" (Roald Dahl).

v.tr.

To cause to slope: sloped the path down the bank.

n.

1. An inclined line, surface, plane, position, or direction.

2. A stretch of ground forming a natural or artificial incline: ski slopes.

3.

a. A deviation from the horizontal.

b. The amount or degree of such deviation.

4. Mathematics

a. The rate at which an ordinate of a point of a line on a coordinate plane changes with respect to a change in the abscissa.

b. The tangent of the angle of inclination of a line, or the slope of the tangent line for a curve or surface.

5. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person of East Asian birth or ancestry.

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[Probably from Middle English aslope, sloping.]

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slop′er n.

slop′ing·ly adv.

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Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

slopingly - with a slant slantingly

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Translations

obliquamente