aslant

crooked

Bent or dishonest

• skewedAsymmetrically shifted
• awryCrooked or wrong
• lopsidedUnequally balanced

off-kilter · cockeyed · misaligned · uneven · canted · listing · angled · sloped · pitched · rakish

indirect

Not straight or immediate

• sidelongDirected to one side
• sidewaysToward one side
• athwartAcross and against

crosswise · transverse · diagonal · bias · angular · kitty-corner · cater-cornered · inclined

poetic

Of or like verse

• archaicBelonging to earlier times
• nauticalOf ships and sailing
• windsweptExposed to strong winds

masts · shadows · sunbeams · rain · light · falling · streaming · casting · thrown · Shakespeare

• crookedcrooked, askew, awry, lopsided, off-center
• slantstilt, lean, incline, slope, angle
• positionsabove, behind, below, beside, between