oblique

oblique
I
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Slanting]
Syn. inclined, inclining, diverging, leaning, sloping, angled, diagonal, cater-cornered, kitty-cornered, unperpendicular, unvertical, skew, askew, asymmetrical, turned, twisted, awry, strained, askance, distorted, unhorizontal, off level, sideways, slanted, tipping, tipped, aslant, athwart, at an angle, skewwise, on the bias, skewy*, slaunchwise*, geewhacky*, northeast by southwest*; see also askew , awry , bent , crooked 1 .
Ant. vertical*, perpendicular, straight.
2. [Indirect]
Syn. obscure, circuitous, roundabout; see indirect , vague 2 .
II
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
1. slanting sloping, inclined, tilting, leaning, angled, deviating, askew, canted, crooked, diagonal, listing.
2. indirect evasive, devious, sly, underhanded, disingenuous, surreptitious, deceptive.
ANT.: 1. straight, level, horizontal. 2. straightforward, honest, open
III
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Angled at a slant: beveled, bias, biased, diagonal, slanted, slanting. See STRAIGHT. 2. Not taking a director straight line or course: anfractuous, circuitous, circular, devious, indirect, roundabout, tortuous. See STRAIGHT.

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  • oblique — [ ɔblik ] adj. • XIIIe; lat. obliquus 1 ♦ Qui s écarte de la verticale, de la perpendiculaire (à une ligne, un plan donnés ou supposés). ⇒ biais. « Vers la fin de la journée, quand le soleil est oblique » (Gautier). Non horizontal. « Ses yeux… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Oblique — Ob*lique , a. [F., fr. L. obliquus; ob (see {Ob }) + liquis oblique; cf. licinus bent upward, Gr. le chrios slanting.] [Written also {oblike}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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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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  • 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 …   English World dictionary

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  • oblique — (adj.) early 15c., from M.Fr. oblique, from L. obliquus slanting, sidelong, indirect, from ob against (see OB (Cf. ob )) + root of licinus bent upward, from PIE root *lei to bend, be movable (see LIMB (Cf. limb) (n …   Etymology dictionary

  • oblique — [adj1] slanting; at an angle angled, askance, askew, aslant, asymmetrical, awry, bent, cater cornered, crooked, diagonal, distorted, diverging, inclined, inclining, leaning, on the bias, pitched, pitching, sideways, skew, slanted, sloped, sloping …   New thesaurus

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