Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb & adjective In a tilted position; inclined upward.
- adverb & adjective Tilting or as if tilting with a lance.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Tilted up; set on tilt, literally or figuratively.
- In the manner of a tilter; in the position or with the action of a man making a thrust: as, to ride or run atilt.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In the manner of a tilter; in the position, or with the action, of one making a thrust.
- adverb In the position of a cask tilted, or with one end raised. [In this sense sometimes used as an adjective.]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective at an
angle from thevertical orhorizontal - adverb as if
tilting ; like a knight on horseback. - adverb at an
angle from thevertical orhorizontal
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
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Examples
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He kept his head slightly atilt, however, to prevent being surprised from behind.
Fear vic fortezza 2011
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He kept his head slightly atilt, however, to prevent being surprised from behind.
Fear vic fortezza 2011
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As he squirmed into the entranceway, Earl saw that the big automatic weapon was atilt and two men, standing over the body of a third, struggled to restore it to a firing position.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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“Tire guys, go, go, get it done,” he shouted, and as they had so often practiced, a Grumley team of three hit the rear axle of the vehicle, got the heavy power-jack underneath, and with swift, focused strength jerked the thing atilt.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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“Tire guys, go, go, get it done,” he shouted, and as they had so often practiced, a Grumley team of three hit the rear axle of the vehicle, got the heavy power-jack underneath, and with swift, focused strength jerked the thing atilt.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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More than once he awoke with a scream in a sweat, seeing the world go atilt and then to blur in the eight seconds of oxygen and glucose a detached brain holds to sustain itself, felt the separation, felt the loss.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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More than once he awoke with a scream in a sweat, seeing the world go atilt and then to blur in the eight seconds of oxygen and glucose a detached brain holds to sustain itself, felt the separation, felt the loss.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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As he squirmed into the entranceway, Earl saw that the big automatic weapon was atilt and two men, standing over the body of a third, struggled to restore it to a firing position.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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Perhaps at this point in his careera time when the Food Network uses shots of Duff carrying a cake atilt across a stage to garner publicity for its Iron Chef competitionshe doesnt need any gigs that will cost him; after all, if this A-list celebrity wont pay, what A-list celebrities will?
Let Me Eat Cake Leslie F. Miller 2009
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“Tire guys, go, go, get it done,” he shouted, and as they had so often practiced, a Grumley team of three hit the rear axle of the vehicle, got the heavy power-jack underneath, and with swift, focused strength jerked the thing atilt.
A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009
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