ADJECTIVE
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departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
the leaning tower of Pisa
the headstones were tilted
How To Use atilt In A Sentence
- When I ask to visit, I'm told to look for the yellow Santa Fe Railway boxcar, which is set atilt on uneven ground and easily seen from the road.
- Before I knew it, he was right in front of me, head atilt again, and preening for me.
- The helicopter shuddered and roared and we were off at a mind-numbing forty-five degree angle, nose down, the earth hanging all atilt before us, our hearts in our throats and our stomachs still on the ground.
