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upslanting

upslanting adjective: slanting upward. Also the present participle and gerund of upslant.

Adjective

upslanting (comparative more upslanting, superlative most upslanting)

  1. slanting upward
    • She had distinctive facial features with upslanting palpebral fissures, a long tubular nose with a prominent nasal bridge and tip, an overhanging columella, and a short philtrum.2015 July 29, George A. Tanteles et al., “Mild Phenotype in a Patient with a De Novo 6.3 Mb Distal Deletion at 10q26.2q26.3”, in Case Reports in Genetics, volume 2015, →DOI

Also used as

upslanting is also the present participle and gerund of upslant.

Forms of upslanting

comparativemore upslanting
superlativemost upslanting

Origin of upslanting

From up + slanting.

Questions about upslanting

What does upslanting mean?
Upslanting means slanting upward.
What part of speech is upslanting?
Upslanting is an adjective.

Words near upslanting in the dictionary

  1. upskirters
  2. upskirting
  3. upskirts
  4. upslant
  5. upslanted
  6. upslanting
  7. upslants
  8. upslope
  9. upslopes
  10. upsloping
  11. upslur

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