Adjective: slanty
Comparison Forms
Synthetic
| Comparative | slantier |
| Superlative | slantiest |
Perifrastic
| Comparative | more slanty |
| Superlative | most slanty |
Sample Sentences
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[…] when he came to climb some of Hammondsport's slantiest hills he found the pedalling as hard, if not harder, than walking. [1921, Edwin Wildman, “Glenn Curtiss”, in Famous Leaders of Industry: Second Series, page 79:]
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But Harry's thoughts on such things were, “If a guy has slanty eyes, why can't I say he has slanty eyes? If he had brown eyes, I could say he has brown eyes, couldn't I?” We're not here to debate political correctness[…] [2001, Steve Stone, Where's Harry?:]
Adjectives inflected like slanty
snubby,
snithy,
snorty,
snoopy,
sainty,
screwy,
scowly,
schizy,
smacky,
slimsy,
slanty,
slaggy,
songly,
soothy,
shysty,
shiply,
skeezy,
beastly,
yearny,
whip-creamy, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
From slant + -y.