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Definitions for Oblique

[1] neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping.
[2] (of a solid) not having the axis perpendicular to the plane of the base.
[3] diverging from a given straight line or course.
[4] not straight or direct, as a course.
[5] indirectly stated or expressed; not straightforward: oblique remarks about the candidate's honesty.
[6] indirectly aimed at or reached, as ends or results; deviously achieved.
[7] morally, ethically, or mentally wrong; underhand; perverse.
[8] Typography . (of a letter) slanting toward the right, as a form of sans-serif, gothic, or square-serif type.
[9] Rhetoric . indirect (applied to discourse in which the original words of a speaker or writer are assimilated to the language of the reporter).
[10] Anatomy . pertaining to muscles running obliquely in the body as opposed to those running transversely or longitudinally.
[11] Botany . having unequal sides, as a leaf.
[12] 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.
[13] 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) .
[14] Military . at an angle of 45°.
[15] Military . to change direction obliquely.
[16] something that is oblique.
[17] Grammar . an oblique case.
[18] Anatomy . any of several oblique muscles, especially in the walls of the abdomen.
[19] at an angle; slanting; sloping
[20] 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
[21] indirect or evasive
[22] grammar denoting any case of nouns, pronouns, etc, other than the nominative and vocative
[23] biology having asymmetrical sides or planes an oblique leaf
[24] (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
[25] something oblique, esp a line
[26] another name for solidus (def. 1)
[27] nautical the act of changing course by less than 90°
[28] an aerial photograph taken at an oblique angle
[29] to take or have an oblique direction
[30] (of a military formation) to move forward at an angle

Words related to Oblique

backhanded, vague, leaning, bent, diagonal, pitching, collateral, roundabout, circular, askance, askew, asymmetrical, awry, crooked, distorted, inclined, sideways, skew, sloping

Words nearby Oblique

oblige, obligee, obligement, obliging, obligor, oblique, oblique angle, oblique circular cone, oblique circular cylinder, oblique coordinates, oblique diameter

Origin of Oblique

1400–50; late Middle English oblike < Latin oblīquus slanting; see ob- (second element obscure)

Other words from Oblique

o·blique·ness , noun
sub·o·blique , adjective
sub·o·blique·ly , adverb
sub·o·blique·ness , noun

Word origin for Oblique

C15: from Old French, from Latin oblīquus, of obscure origin

Synonyms for Oblique

bent, diagonal, inclining, leaning, pitching, angled, askance, askew, aslant, asymmetrical, awry, cater-cornered, crooked, distorted, diverging, inclined, on the bias, pitched, sideways, skew, slanted, sloped, sloping, strained, tilted, tilting, tipped, tipping, turned, twisted