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1) (a line) going across (a straight-sided figure, e.g. an oblong) from corner to corner; slanting (diagonal)

2) sloping; slanting (oblique)

3) a slanting line, position or direction; an area of rising or falling ground (slope)

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Meaning:
askew

not in the straight or usual (level) position

crooked

broadside

the whole of a ship's side above the water

to the edge, exteriority

diagonal

(a line) going across (a straight-sided figure, e.g. an oblong) from corner to corner; slanting

angled

sideways

to, towards the side, with the side edge first

to the edge, exteriority

transverse

lying or placed across

crosswise

SLANTING as in Wiktionary
SLANTING as in Wikipedia