The Collaborative International Dictionary
Slopingly
Sloping \Slop"ing\, a. Inclining or inclined from the plane of the horizon, or from a horizontal or other right line; oblique; declivous; slanting. -- Slop"ing*ly, adv.
The sloping land recedes into the clouds.
--Cowper.
Wiktionary
slopingly
adv. At a slope; slantwise; obliquely.
WordNet
slopingly
adv. with a slant [syn: slantingly]
Usage examples of "slopingly".
It is a notched stick of a peculiar form, some two feet in length, which is perpendicularly inserted into the starboard gunwale near the bow, for the purpose of furnishing a rest for the wooden extremity of the harpoons, whose other naked, barbed end slopingly projects from the prow.