Askew: Definition and part of speech

Askew

  1. adv. & a. Awry; askance; asquint; oblique or obliquely; — sometimes indicating scorn, or contempt, or entry.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Aslant: Definition and part of speech

Aslant

  1. prep. In a slanting direction over; athwart.
  2. adv. & a. Toward one side; in a slanting direction; obliquely.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Asleep: Definition and part of speech

Asleep

  1. a. & adv. Numbed, and, usually, tingling.
  2. a. & adv. In a state of sleep; in sleep; dormant.
  3. a. & adv. In the sleep of the grave; dead.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.