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Textual thesaurus for "leaning"

(adj) tilted, tipped, atilt, canted

departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal

the leaning tower of Pisa; the headstones were tilted


(noun) lean, list, tilt, inclination

the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical

the tower had a pronounced tilt; the ship developed a list to starboard; he walked with a heavy inclination to the right


(noun) proclivity, propensity

a natural inclination

he has a proclivity for exaggeration


(noun) tendency, propensity

an inclination to do something

he felt leanings toward frivolity