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Definition of Oblique |
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Oblique
Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined. Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister. Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral. An oblique line. To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction. 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. Related Definitions: Accomplished, An, And, Angles, At, Base, By, Collateral, Column, Descent, Deviate, Direct, Direction, Disingenuous, Either, Erect, Father, Following, Formerly, From, Hence, In, Inclined, Indirect, Left, Line, March, Men, Move, Neither, Nor, Not, Now, Oblique, Obscure, Of, Or, Parallel, Perpendicular, Perverse, Platoon, Right, Sinister, Slanting, Son, Straightforward, The, To, Underhand |
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Oblique Quotations
Pray always for all the learned, the oblique, the delicate. Let them not be quite forgotten at the throne of God when the simple come into their kingdom. Evelyn Waugh There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter were unflattering. Minna Antrim The oblique paradox of propaganda is that the lie in the throat becomes, by repetition, the truth in the heart. John Grierson All that a city will ever allow you is an angle on it, an oblique, indirect sample of what it contains, or what passes through it; a point of view. Peter Conrad |
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Oblique Translations
oblique in Afrikaans is skeef oblique in Dutch is scheef, schuin oblique in French is oblique, en sifflet oblique in Italian is obliquo oblique in Spanish is inclinado, atravesado oblique in Swedish is sned |
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