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(Entry 1 of 2)
running in a slanting direction
- a sloping ray of light that illuminates the painting's central figure is symbolic of heavenly inspiration
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sloping
verb
present participle of slope
Synonyms & Antonyms of sloping (Entry 2 of 2)
to set or cause to be at an angle
- they sloped our new driveway too steeply and now my car scrapes bottom whenever I back out onto the street
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- evening,
- flattening,
- leveling
- (or levelling),
- straightening
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“Sloping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sloping. Accessed 2 Aug. 2021.
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