oblique

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Synonyms: obliqua

Antonyms: obliqua

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Adjective

Not [[erect]] or perpendicular; not parallel to, or at right angles from, the base.
Not [[straightforward]]; [[indirect]]; by [[implication]]; {{lb|en|sometimes even}} [[obscure]], [[ambiguous]]{{,}} or [[confusing]].
[[disingenuous|Disingenuous]]; [[underhand]]; morally corrupt.
Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
{{lb|en|botany|of leaves}} Having the [[base]] of the [[blade]] [[asymmetrical]], with one side lower than the other.
{{lb|en|botany|of branches or roots}} Growing at an angle that is neither vertical nor horizontal.
{{lb|en|grammar}} Pertaining to the [[oblique case]] (non-[[nominative]]).
{{lb|en|grammar|of speech or narration}} [[indirect|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.
{{lb|en|music}} Employing [[oblique motion]], motion or progression in which one part (voice) stays on the same note while another ascends or descends.

{{lb|en|geometry}} An [[oblique line]].
{{label|en|typography}} {{synonym of|en|slash}} ⟨{{l|mul|/}}⟩.
{{lb|en|grammar}} The [[oblique case]].
{{C|en|Muscles}} {{lb|en|exercise}} The {{w|Abdominal external oblique muscle|''musculus obliquus externus abdominis''}} or also {{w|Abdominal internal oblique muscle|''obliquus internus abdominis''}}.

{{lb|en|intransitive}} To deviate from a perpendicular line; to become [[askew]].
{{lb|en|military}} 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.
{{lb|en|transitive|computing}} To [[slant]] (text, etc.) at an [[angle]].

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