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oblique
[ uh-bleek, oh-bleek; Military uh-blahyk, oh-blahyk ]
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.
- indirectly stated or expressed; not straightforward:
oblique remarks about the candidate's honesty.
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- indirectly aimed at or reached, as ends or results; deviously achieved.
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- morally, ethically, or mentally wrong; underhand; perverse.
- Typography. (of a letter) slanting toward the right, as a form of sans-serif, gothic, or square-serif type.
- Rhetoric. indirect (applied to discourse in which the original words of a speaker or writer are assimilated to the language of the reporter).
- Anatomy. pertaining to muscles running obliquely in the body as opposed to those running transversely or longitudinally.
- Botany. having unequal sides, as a leaf.
- Grammar. noting or pertaining to any case of noun inflection except nominative and vocative:
Latin genitive, dative, accusative, and ablative cases are said to be oblique.
- Drafting. designating a method of projection oblique projection in which a three-dimensional object is represented by a drawing oblique drawing in which the face, usually parallel to the picture plane, is represented in accurate or exact proportion, and all other faces are shown at any convenient angle other than 90°. Compare axonometric, cabinet ( def 19 ), isometric ( def 5 ).
adverb
- Military. at an angle of 45°.
verb (used without object)
- Military. to change direction obliquely.
noun
- something that is oblique.
- Grammar. an oblique case.
- Anatomy. any of several oblique muscles, especially in the walls of the abdomen.
oblique
/ əˈː /
adjective
- at an angle; slanting; sloping
- geometry
- (of lines, planes, etc) neither perpendicular nor parallel to one another or to another line, plane, etc
- not related to or containing a right angle
- indirect or evasive
- grammar denoting any case of nouns, pronouns, etc, other than the nominative and vocative
- biology having asymmetrical sides or planes
an oblique leaf
- (of a map projection) constituting a type of zenithal projection in which the plane of projection is tangential to the earth's surface at some point between the equator and the poles
noun
- something oblique, esp a line
- another name for solidus
- nautical the act of changing course by less than 90°
- an aerial photograph taken at an oblique angle
verb
- to take or have an oblique direction
- (of a military formation) to move forward at an angle
Derived Forms
- ˈܱԱ, noun
- ˈܱ, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·ܱn noun
- ܲo·ܱ adjective
- ܲo·ܱly adverb
- sub·ܱn noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of oblique1
Example Sentences
That might be seen as an oblique and unflattering comparison with the twists and turns coming out of the Trump White House.
He said: "It's a very important social history and it's trying to credit some of the work done there, but perhaps in a more oblique way than first intended."
But as Greenlanders voted on Tuesday, Danish foreign minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen made an oblique reference to President Trump, saying that "major powers have a different interest in Greenland than they have had before".
I expressed skepticism about this pledge shortly after the election by listing all the oblique ways the Trump administration could hack away at the program.
In the regular season, he missed three months with a severe oblique strain and displaced rib.
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