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   oblique

   /ə(ʊ)ˈbliːk/

   adjective

   • 1. neither parallel nor at right angles to a specified or implied line; slanting: "we sat on the settee oblique to the fireplace" Similar slantingslantedslopingat an angleangleddiagonalaslantslantslantwiseslopedinclinedincliningtiltedtiltingatiltskewon the skewaskewsquintcater-corneredcatty-corneredkitty-cornerOpposite straight
   • ▪ (of a line, plane figure, or surface) inclined at other than a right angle.
   • ▪ (of an angle) acute or obtuse.
   • ▪ (of a cone, cylinder, etc.) with an axis not perpendicular to the plane of its base.
   • ▪ (especially of a muscle) neither parallel nor perpendicular to the long axis of a body or limb: "an oblique abdominal muscle"
   • 2. not expressed or done in a direct way: "he issued an oblique attack on the President" Similar indirectinexplicitroundaboutcircuitouscircumlocutoryimplicitimpliedellipticalevasivebackhandedrare:circumlocutionaryambagiousOpposite directexplicit
   • 3. denoting any case other than the nominative or vocative.

   noun

   • 1. another term for slash British
   • 2. an oblique muscle: "it is the obliques and abdominals which create the well-trained look"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin obliquus.

   Derivatives

   • 1. obliqueness noun
   • 2. obliquity noun

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