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atilt

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  1. adjective

    At an angle from the vertical or horizontal.

    Example: The child listened, her head atilt.

  2. adverb

    At an angle from the vertical or horizontal; at the point of falling over.

    Example: He wore his hat rakishly atilt.

  3. adverb

    Tilting or as if tilting (charging with a lance, like a knight on horseback in a joust).

    Example: to run / ride atilt at someone or something

  4. preposition

    Diagonally over or across.