oblique

Meanings

Plural: obliques

Noun

• any grammatical case other than the nominative
• a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso
• An oblique line.
• Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩.
• The oblique case.
• The musculus obliquus externus abdominis or also obliquus internus abdominis.

Adjective

• slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled
  • "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"

Adjective Satellite

• indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading
  • "gave oblique answers to direct questions"
  • "oblique political maneuvers"

Adj

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

Verb

• To deviate from a perpendicular line; to become askew.
• 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.
• To slant (text, etc.) at an angle.

Synonyms

abdominal external oblique muscle, askew, aslant, devious, external oblique muscle, inclined, musculus obliquus externus abdominis, oblique case, slanting, slash

Antonyms

nominative, parallel, perpendicular

Anagrams of oblique