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oblique

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 , 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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