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  1. If you describe a statement as oblique, you mean that is not expressed directly or openly, making it difficult to understand. It was an oblique reference to his mother. Mr Golding delivered an oblique warning, talking of the danger of sudden action. Synonyms: indirect, implied, roundabout, backhanded More Synonyms of oblique.

  2. OBLIQUELY definition: 1. said in a way that is not direct, so that the real meaning is not immediately clear: 2. in a…. Learn more.

  3. : a long thin extraocular muscle that arises just above the margin of the optic foramen, is inserted on the upper part of the eyeball, and moves the eye downward and laterally. called also superior oblique, obliquus superior oculi

  4. slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled. “the oblique rays of the winter sun”. “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”. “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”. synonyms: convergent.

  5. adjective. neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping. (of a solid) not having the axis perpendicular to the plane of the base. diverging from a given straight line or course. not straight or direct, as a course. oblique remarks about the candidate's honesty.

  6. The word obliquely can mean the indirect way something is talked about or the indirect path that something takes. It's also a word used to describe when something is positioned sideways or on a slant, like a ladder propped obliquely against the wall.

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  8. Obliquely definition: in an oblique manner or direction.. See examples of OBLIQUELY used in a sentence.

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