slanty
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]slanty (comparative slantier or more slanty, superlative slantiest or most slanty)
- (informal) slanted
- 1921, Edwin Wildman, “Glenn Curtiss”, in Famous Leaders of Industry: Second Series[1], page 79:
- […] when he came to climb some of Hammondsport's slantiest hills he found the pedalling as hard, if not harder, than walking.
- 2001, Steve Stone, Where's Harry?:
- 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 […]