canted

8.1

Leaning to one side instead of being straight or level

adjective
/ˈkæntɪd/

: inclinada

He adjusted the bookshelf because it was canted and not level.

And it's just, and I, I did, it's a bit canted.

Examples

The picture on the wall is canted, making it hard to see clearly.
The roof of the shed was canted, causing rainwater to pool in one corner.
It's a bit, it's a bit canted, you know, it it, which is a term perfectly.
Looks like the gear is canted or maybe even unseated.
But the the changes were some of the exterior ones we looked at and then also stuff like this where this is now at a canted angle up in here and this plate.
CANTED ANGLE ON - A GRANDFATHER CLOCK

Fiction book (1993)
CLOSE ON LANA - CANTED ANGLE

Fiction book (1993)

Synonyms

tilted

vscanted

2.5

Leaning to one side and not straight, like a picture on a wall

is the slightly more formal word for that sloping position

atilt

vscanted

Archaic

9.8

Leaning to one side and not straight

is the standard word for being not exactly upright or level

tipped

vscanted

3.8

A thing that leans to one side and does not stand straight

is more neutral and formal while referring to the sloping position

slanted

vscanted

3.9

Not straight or level and leaning to one side

is broader, applying to objects not exactly upright or level

leaning

vscanted

4.2

Not upright and slanting to one side

is used more generally for any sloping position, not only buildings

Antonyms

upright

44 2.7

Standing straight up and not leaning

level

1.0

Having a flat surface

How Tilted

overturned

3.6

canted

8.1

sloping

3.1

level

1.0

Surface Forms

canted positive

Morphology

canted = cant (transparent) = cant + ed

Formed by the verb 'cant' plus the regular past-participial/adjectival suffix '-ed', so the meaning 'tilted' is directly derived.

Etymology

Canted comes from the old word cant, which meant an 'angle' or 'tilt', like the everyday word tilt. So something canted is set at a sloping, not level, angle.