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English adjective: oblique | |||
| 1. | oblique slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Similar | bias, cata-cornered, catacorner, cater-cornered, catercorner, catty-corner, catty-cornered, crabwise, diagonal, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered, nonparallel, oblique-angled, sideways | ||
| See also | convergent, divergent, diverging, inclined | ||
| Antonyms | parallel, perpendicular | ||
| 2. | oblique indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading | ||
| Samples | Used devious means to achieve success. Gave oblique answers to direct questions. Oblique political maneuvers. | ||
| Synonyms | devious | ||
| Similar | indirect | ||
| Antonyms | direct | ||
English noun: oblique | |||
| 1. | oblique (communication) any grammatical case other than the nominative | ||
| Synonyms | oblique case | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | case, grammatical case | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ablative, ablative case, accusative, accusative case, dative, dative case, genitive, genitive case, objective case, possessive, possessive case, vocative, vocative case | ||
| Antonyms | nominative, nominative case, subject case | ||
| 2. | oblique (body) a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso | ||
| Synonyms | abdominal external oblique muscle, external oblique muscle, musculus obliquus externus abdominis | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ab, abdominal, abdominal muscle | ||
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