- adjectiveoblique (adjective)
- neither parallel nor at a right angle to a specified or implied line; slanting:"we sat on the settee oblique to the fireplace"
- not explicit or direct in addressing a point:"is he making an oblique attack on his colleague?"
- geometry(of a line, plane figure, or surface) inclined at other than a right angle.
- geometry(of an angle) acute or obtuse.
- geometry(of a cone, cylinder, etc.) with an axis not perpendicular to the plane of its base.
- anatomy(especially of a muscle) neither parallel nor perpendicular to the long axis of a body or limb:"an oblique abdominal muscle"
- grammardenoting any case other than the nominative or vocative.
- not explicit or done in a direct way:"he issued an oblique attack on the president"
nounoblique (noun) · obliques (plural noun)- a muscle neither parallel nor perpendicular to the long axis of a body or limb.
- BRITISH ENGLISHanother term for slash
Originlate Middle English: from Latin obliquus.Similar and Opposite Wordsadjective- neither parallel nor at a right angle to a specified or implied line; slanting:
- not explicit or done in a direct way:
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