Polish English Dictionary

język polski - English

ukośny in English:

1. sidelong


He turned to some young women on his left, and said, “I played center field.” Sensing skepticism, he added, “Yeah, for the Mets.” “You?” one asked, exchanging sidelong glances with her friend.

English word "ukośny"(sidelong) occurs in sets:

Fiszki z książki - "Germinal" (Émile Zola)
Fiszki z książki - "Devil's Ford" (Bret Harte)
Fiszki z książki - "A Boy's Will" (Robert Frost)
Fiszki z książki - "My Lord Duke" (E. W. Hornung)
Fiszki z książki - "Four Meetings" (Henry James)

2. oblique


an oblique reference to his drinking problem

English word "ukośny"(oblique) occurs in sets:

Fiszki z książki - "Regeneration" (Thomas Hunt Mor...
Fiszki z książki - "Surgical Anatomy" (Joseph Macl...
Fiszki z książki - "A System of Midwifery" (Edward...
Fiszki z książki - "The Genus Pinus" (George Russe...
Anatomical position – Medical English, Położenie a...

3. lour



English word "ukośny"(lour) occurs in sets:

Fiszki z książki - "Leda" (Aldous Huxley)
Fiszki z książki - "Poems" (William Anderson)
Fiszki z książki - "Montrose" (Mowbray Morris)
Fiszki z książki - "Rogues and Vagabonds" (George ...
Fiszki z książki - "Poems You Ought to Know" (Elia...

4. scowl


Patrick scowled, but he did as he was told.
She scowled at the two men as they entered the room.
Se just scowled at me
He scowled at me and said nothing.
It looks funny when my baby daughter scowls at me when I do not take her from her bed.
caught a glimpse of his red face and scowl before he slammed the

English word "ukośny"(scowl) occurs in sets:

Fiszki z książki - "Gossip" (Mona Gould)
Fiszki z książki - "A Bad Day for Vermin" (Keith L...
Fiszki z książki - "The Woggle-Bug Book" (L. Frank...
Fiszki z książki - "Dotty Dimple at School" (Sophi...
Fiszki z książki - "The Masked World" (Jack Willia...

5. diagonal


a tie with diagonal stripes
The Scottish flag is the St Andrew’s cross — two white, diagonal bands — on a blue background.
When vertical and horizontal forces are applied, the resultant acts in diagonal direction.
diagonal /daɪˈæɡənl; US / adj. 1 (used about a straight line) joining two sides of sth at an angle that is not 90° or vertical or horizontal Draw a diagonal line from one corner of the square to the opposite corner. ▶ przekątny
Slice the vegetables on the diagonal.
A diagonal matrix is positive semidefinite if and only if all of its elements are nonnegative.

English word "ukośny"(diagonal) occurs in sets:

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6. slanting