斜め — meaning in English

English meaning

• askance adv With disapproval, skepticism, or suspicion.
• diagonal adj Slanted; running at an angle rather than straight up-and-down or side-to-side.

Senses

斜め is used for these senses in English:

• askance Sideways; obliquely.
• cater-corner (US, Canada) Diagonally across from.
• diagonal (geometry) A line or plane at an oblique angle to another.

askance — full definition

1. adv With disapproval, skepticism, or suspicion.
2. adv Sideways; obliquely.

diagonal — full definition

1. adj Slanted; running at an angle rather than straight up-and-down or side-to-side.
2. noun A line joining two non-adjacent corners of a shape, such as a square.

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