slanty

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adjective

slanted

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Meanings

adjectiveslanty (comparative slantier or more slanty, superlative slantiest or most slanty)

comparative slantier · comparative more slanty · superlative slantiest · superlative most slanty

  1. informalslanted

    […] when he came to climb some of Hammondsport's slantiest hills he found the pedalling as hard, if not harder, than walking.

    1921, Edwin Wildman, “Glenn Curtiss”, in Famous Leaders of Industry: Second Series, page 79
    1 more example

    But Harry's thoughts on such things were, “If a guy has slanty eyes, why can't I say he has slanty eyes? If he had brown eyes, I could say he has brown eyes, couldn't I?” We're not here to debate political correctness[…]

    2001, Steve Stone, Where's Harry?

Origin

From slant + -y.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

slanty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slanty

MLA

“slanty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slanty. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slanty,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slanty.

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