Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913 Aslant · A·slant · IPA /əˈslænt/ adv. & a. prep. 01 adv. & a. Toward one side; in a slanting direction; obliquely. 1. Toward one side; in a slanting direction; obliquely. “[The shaft] drove through his neck aslant.” — Dryden. 02 prep. In a slanting direction over; athwart. 1. In a slanting direction over; athwart. “There is a willow grows aslant a brook.” — Shak.