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косой — meaning in English

kosoy

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English meaning

  • askant adv Aslant; to one side, askance.
  • awry adj Turned or twisted to one side; crooked or out of the expected position.
  • diagonal adj Slanted; running at an angle rather than straight up-and-down or side-to-side.
  • oblique adjective Slanting; not straight up-and-down or side-to-side.
  • raked adj Cleared or smoothed with a rake, or set at a backward slant.

Senses

косой is used for these senses in English:

  • askant (now, rare) Aslant, sloping.
  • awry Turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place; wry.
  • diagonal Having a slanted or oblique direction.
  • oblique Not erect or perpendicular; not parallel to, or at right angles from, the base.
  • raked sloping
  • slanting Out of the perpendicular, not perpendicular.

awry — full definition

  1. adj Turned or twisted to one side; crooked or out of the expected position.
  2. adv Wrongly; off course; not as planned.

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