oblique
IPA: ʌbɫˈik
noun
- (geometry) An oblique line.
- (typography) Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩.
- (grammar) The oblique case.
verb
- (intransitive) To deviate from a perpendicular line; to become askew;
- (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.
- (transitive, computing) To slant (text, etc.) at an angle.
adjective
- Not erect or perpendicular; not parallel to, or at right angles from, the base.
- Not straightforward; obscure or confusing.
- Disingenuous; underhand; morally corrupt.
- Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
- (botany, of leaves) Having the base of the blade asymmetrical, with one side lower than the other.
- (botany, of branches or roots) Growing at an angle that is neither vertical nor horizontal.
- (grammar) Pertaining to the oblique case (non-nominative).
- (grammar, of speech or narration) 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.
- (music) Employing oblique motion, motion or progression in which one part (voice) stays on the same note while another ascends or descends.
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Examples of "oblique" in Sentences
- The critics gave oblique comments.
- The mouth is oblique and acute towards the lid.
- The defect is seen in the oblique lumbar radiograph.
- In the UK, the usual term for the mark is an oblique.
- The oblique case includes the accusative and genitive.
- The opening or mouth of the pitcher is ovate and oblique.