I. əˈslant, -aa(ə)nt, -aint, -ȧnt adverb
Etymology: Middle English aslante, aslonte, aslunte, probably from a- (I) + the root of Middle English slente slope — more at slant (n.)
: in a slanting or sloping direction : toward one side : obliquely
the sun shone aslant across his face — Elizabeth Roberts
II. preposition
: over or across in a slanting direction : athwart
there is a willow grows aslant a brook — Shakespeare
III. adjective
: slanting, oblique
with head aslant