oblique

oblique
oblique [ō blēk′, əblēk′; ] also, esp. in mil. use [, ōblīk′]
adj.
[ME oblike < L obliquus < ob- (see OB-) + liquis, awry < IE * leik-, var. of base * elei-, to bend > ELL2]
1. having a slanting position or direction; neither perpendicular nor horizontal; not level or upright; inclined
2. not straight to the point; not straightforward; indirect
3. evasive, disingenuous, underhanded, etc.
4. indirectly aimed at or attained [oblique results]
5. Anat. designating or of any of certain muscles obliquely placed and attached
6. Bot. having the sides unequal, as some leaves
7. Geom. with its axis not perpendicular to its base [an oblique cone]
8. Gram. designating or of any case except the nominative and the vocative
n.
an oblique angle, muscle, etc.
vi.
obliqued, obliquing
to veer from the perpendicular; slant
adv.
Mil. with a change of direction of approximately 45 degrees
obliquely
adv.
obliqueness
n.

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  • Oblique — Ob*lique , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Obliqued}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Obliquing}.] 1. To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction. [1913 Webster] Projecting his person towards it in a line which obliqued from the bottom of his… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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