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INCLINED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
At an angle to the horizontal or vertical position
Example:
an inclined plane
Classified under:
Similar:
atilt; canted; leaning; tilted; tipped (departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal)
aslant; aslope; diagonal; slanted; slanting; sloped; sloping (having an oblique or slanted direction)
high-pitched (set at a sharp or high angle or slant)
low-pitched (set at a low angle or slant)
monoclinal (of a geological structure in which all strata are inclined in the same direction)
pitched (set at a slant)
salient (represented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward))
sidelong (inclining or directed to one side)
skew; skewed (having an oblique or slanting direction or position)
Also:
oblique (slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled)
gradual ((of a topographical gradient) not steep or abrupt)
Attribute:
orientation (position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions)
Antonym:
horizontal (parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line)
vertical (at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(often followed by 'to') having a preference, disposition, or tendency
Example:
inclined to be moody
Classified under:
Similar:
apt; disposed; given; minded; tending ((usually followed by 'to') naturally disposed toward)
fond; partial ((followed by 'of' or 'to') having a strong preference or liking for)
prone (having a tendency (to); often used in combination)
accident-prone (having more than the average number of accidents)
Also:
willing (disposed or inclined toward)
Antonym:
disinclined (unwilling because of mild dislike or disapproval)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Having made preparations
Example:
prepared to take risks
Synonyms:
disposed; fain; inclined; prepared
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
willing (disposed or inclined toward)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb incline
Context examples:
No doubt they want his professional services, but, having used him, they may be inclined to punish him for what they will regard as his treachery.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I am inclined to envy Mr. Rushworth for having so much happiness yet before him.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Everyone seemed rather out of sorts and inclined to croak.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
I cannot rate her beauty as you do, said he; but she is a pretty little creature, and I am inclined to think very well of her disposition.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
He did not repeat his persuasion of their not marrying—and from that, I am inclined to hope, he might have been misunderstood before.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
“Yes, some of us are a little too much inclined to be cock-sure, Mr. Holmes,” said Lestrade.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He did not stand erect, but with trunk inclined forward from the hips, on legs that bent at the knees.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
I don't mean one of those two-pages-to-the-week-with-Sunday-squeezed-in-a-corner diaries, but a sort of journal which I can write in whenever I feel inclined.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
I am inclined to the latter way of accounting for it.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
I did not pretend to enter into the merits of the case, yet I inclined towards the opinions of the hero, whose extinction I wept, without precisely understanding it.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
