English- translations for oblique
Definition of 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
- Of leaves, having the base of the blade asymmetrical, with one side lower than the other
- Of branches or roots, growing at an angle that is neither vertical nor horizontal
- Pertaining to the oblique case (non-nominative
- Employing oblique motion, motion or progression in which one part stays on the same note while another ascends or descends
- An oblique line
- The oblique case
- 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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