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> 朱実{あけみ}は、からかって、雉子{きじ}のような迅{はし}こい足で、先に山道を降りかけたが、急に顔いろを変えて、立ちすくんだ。中腹の林を **斜め**
> に、のそのそと大股に歩いて来る男があった。｛宮本武蔵（1935年–1939年、朝日新聞連載、吉川英治）｝

Does 斜め refer to him walking up the hill, or walking diagonally uphill (small
picture to illustrate)? Is it ambigious?

[![http://i.imgur.com/dx6Se9m.png](https://i.stack.imgur.com/UG5xn.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/UG5xn.png)
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What does 斜め mean here?
That would have to mean walking **_diagonally uphill toward_** Akemi, who had
just started her descent.

No other interpretation of that sentence would be natural.
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