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oblique
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
, underhanded3: 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
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