Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗slopingly
Sloping.
To tend steadily upward or downward. · To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant. · To try to move surreptitiously. · To hold a rifle at a slope with forearm perpendicular to the body in front holding the butt, the rifle resting on the shoulder.
A surface that either inclines or declines in a regular manner from the perspective of an observer. · An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward. · The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward. · The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points lying on the line.
From aslope (adjective, adverb).
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