Main Entry: ¹oblique

Pronunciation: \ō-ˈblēk, ə-, -ˈblīk; military usually ī\

Function: adjective

Etymology: Middle English oblike, from Latin obliquus

Date: 15th century

1 a : neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined b : having the axis not perpendicular to the base <an oblique cone> c : having no right angle <an oblique triangle>
2 a : not straightforward : indirect; also : obscure b : devious, underhanded
3 : situated obliquely and having one end not inserted on bone <oblique muscles>
4 : taken from an airplane with the camera directed horizontally or diagonally downward <an oblique photograph>

— oblique·ly adverb

— oblique·ness noun