Canted and Vertical

Canted

Canted adjective - Running in a slanting direction.
Usage example: an odd little house, built with deliberately canted windows and not one right angle
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Synonyms for Canted

Vertical is an antonym for canted.

Nearby Words: canter, canting

Vertical

Vertical adjective - At right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line.
Usage example: a vertical camera angle

Canted is an antonym for vertical.

Nearby Words: vertically, vert

Both words in one sentence

  • Super Drowning Skills: Due to their physiology (a rigid exoskeleton, normal posture that is upright but canted forward from the vertical, and breating spicules located on the underside of their abdomens,) a Thranx would drown while standing in a 2 foot deep puddle.
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