oblique
Meanings
adj
- Not erect or perpendicular; not parallel to, or at right angles from, the base.
- Not straightforward; indirect; by implication; (sometimes even) obscure, ambiguous, or confusing.
- Disingenuous; underhand; morally corrupt.
- Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
- Having the base of the blade asymmetrical, with one side lower than the other.
- Growing at an angle that is neither vertical nor horizontal.
- Pertaining to the oblique case (non-nominative).
- Indirect; employing the actual words of the speaker but as related by a third person, having the first person in pronoun and verb converted into the third person and adverbs of present time into the past, etc.
- Employing oblique motion, motion or progression in which one part (voice) stays on the same note while another ascends or descends.
noun
- An oblique line.
- Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩.
- The oblique case.
- The musculus obliquus externus abdominis or also obliquus internus abdominis.
verb
- To deviate from a perpendicular line; to become askew.
- To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; — formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left.
- To slant (text, etc.) at an angle.
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Etymology
From Middle French oblique, from Latin oblīquus (also spelled oblīcus) (“slanting, sideways, indirect, envious”).
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