oblique

Meaning

Adj

1. Not erect or perpendicular; not parallel to, or at right angles from, the base.
2. Not straightforward; obscure or confusing.
3. Disingenuous; underhand; morally corrupt.
4. Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
5. Having the base of the blade asymmetrical, with one side lower than the other.
6. Growing at an angle that is neither vertical nor horizontal.
7. Pertaining to the oblique case (non-nominative).
8. 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.
9. Employing oblique motion, motion or progression in which one part (voice) stays on the same note while another ascends or descends.

Noun

1. An oblique line.
2. Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩.
3. The oblique case.
4. The musculus obliquus externus abdominis or also obliquus internus abdominis.

Verb

1. To deviate from a perpendicular line; to become askew;
2. 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.
3. To slant (text, etc.) at an angle.

Synonyms

slanting

inclined

sloping

diagonal

indirect

transverse

skew

awry

askew

aslant

crooked

devious

slanted

sidelong

tilted

leaning

squint

cockeyed

oblique case

zigzag

roundabout

horizontal

slant

abdominal external oblique muscle

external oblique muscle

musculus obliquus externus abdominis

bevel

at an angle

lopsided

circuitous

wonky

wry

tortuous

underhand

underhanded

unprincipled

warped

wily

squinty

acclivous

loxotic

not straight

out-of-square

sidewind

slantingdicular

angle

off-angle

angled

athwart

bias

boss-eyed

brace

circumstantial

collateral

crackpot

cursive

divergent

furtive

glancing

italics

kinky

lateral

mazy

obliquely

perverse

prone

rakish

ramped

side

sideling

sideways

skewed

slantwise

slash

sneaky

splay

strike

tilting

Hyphenated as

ob‧lique

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈbliːk/

Etymology

From Middle French oblique, from Latin oblīquus (also spelled oblīcus) (“slanting, sideways, indirect, envious”).