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.

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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

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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