Alphabet:
[əblˈiːk], [əblˈiːk], [ə_b_l_ˈiː_k]

Definitions of oblique

  1.   Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.
  2.   Applied to a line slanting between 1° and 45°.
  3.   Evasive; indirect.
  4.   Slanting, deviating from the perpendicular or the horizontal.
  5.   Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
  6.   Obliquely.
  7.   indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading; " used devious means to achieve success"; " gave oblique answers to direct questions"; " oblique political maneuvers"
  8.   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.
  9.   Obliqueness.
  10.   Placed obliquely ; certain muscles ; asymmetrical.
  11.   To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction.
  12.   Deviating from a right line; not parallel; aslant; not direct; by a side glance; not an angle of 90 degrees; sinister; applied to any case of a noun not the nominative.
  13.   any grammatical case other than the nominative
  14.   Obiquity.
  15.   Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.
  16.   An oblique line.
  17.   Slanting; not perpendicular, not parallel; indirect.
  18.   Slanting: not perpendicular: not parallel: not straightforward: obscure: ( geom.) not a right angle: ( gram.) denoting any case except the nominative.
  19.   a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso
  20.   slanting or inclined in direction or course or position-- neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right- angular; " the oblique rays of the winter sun"; " acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles"; " the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base"
  21.   Not horizontal nor perpendicular; not upright nor level; slanting; not direct or straight forward.
  22.   Neither perpendicular nor horizontal; slanting; sloping.
  23.   Slanting; neither perpendicular nor parallel; indirect; sinister.
  24.   To move forward to the right or left, by stepping sideways. An oblique angle, an angle greater or less than a right angle. An oblique plane, a plane that declines from the zenith. An oblique projection, where a body is projected in a line, making an oblique angle with the horizontal line. An oblique sphere, that in which the axis of the earth is inclined to the horizon of the place. An oblique case, any case except the nominative.

Antonyms for oblique

level, vertical, rectangular, orthogonal, horizontal, ordered, orderly, subject case, nonintersecting, regular, normal, straight, direct, right, nominative, perpendicular, collateral, nominative case, plumb, even, uniform, up and down, symmetrical, parallel, antiparallel, balanced, nonconvergent.

Quotes of oblique

  1. There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth- if the latter were unflattering. – Minna Antrim
  2. All that a city will ever allow you is an angle on it, an oblique indirect sample of what it contains, or what passes through it; a point of view. – Peter Conrad
  3. The oblique paradox of propaganda is that the lie in the throat becomes, by repetition, the truth in the heart. – John Grierson
  4. Pray always for all the learned, the oblique the delicate. Let them not be quite forgotten at the throne of God when the simple come into their kingdom. – Evelyn Waugh

Usage examples for oblique

  1. “ We fired at the men who showed themselves at the barn- right oblique five hundred yards. ” – Who Goes There? by Blackwood Ketcham Benson
  2. “ A mother is continually driving in oblique directions from her household employments to rescue her children from a multitude of perils. ” – Mary, Mary by James Stephens Commentator: Padraic Colum
  3. “ As Judy gave him the manuscript, she turned her beady eyes in a stealthy, oblique look toward Betty Jo, and whispered: You- all best tell her 'bout hit. ” – The Re-Creation of Brian Kent by Harold Bell Wright
  4. “ Menka was accompanied by two badly- clad natives with very oblique eyes, whom we took at first for his servants or slaves. ” – The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by A.E. Nordenskieold
  5. “ An oblique external portal, five feet long, two feet high, and eighteen inches wide is constructed in the same manner as the hut. ” – From Paris to New York by Land by Harry de Windt
  6. “ We may remark that this kind of work is excellent for field- forts in wooded countries, and they serve very well for barracks and magazines; a bullet could only fall upon an oblique surface and could do little harm, because this structure is very solid. ” – The Niagara River by Archer Butler Hulbert
  7. “ This question was asked as Mr. Skinner looked at Jack's mother with that oblique glance Jack had boldly called a " squint." ” – Little Miss Joy by Emma Marshall
  8. “ Then, leaning forward, he gave him a keen, oblique look. ” – The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers by Georg Ebers
  9. “ It fell in oblique lines of ragged lumps of ice, hammering upon the wagon and bringing the horses to a stop. ” – The Girl From Keller's Sadie's Conquest by Harold Bindloss
  10. “ I then double each of these strips and cut it up into braces by a number of oblique cuts. ” – Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects by C. V. Riley
  11. “ It is interesting, however, to set solemn people imitating these exercises of the oblique eye muscles. ” – Psychotherapy by James J. Walsh
  12. “ Gootes, going in a direction oblique to mine, had no better success. ” – Greener Than You Think by Ward Moore
  13. “ She sent a stealthy, oblique glance in his direction. ” – The Re-Creation of Brian Kent by Harold Bell Wright
  14. “ Often we wished to descend, in order to learn what the people were crying to us the simplicity of our arrangements enabled us to rise, to descend, to move in horizontal or oblique lines, as we pleased and as often as we considered necessary, without altogether landing. ” – Wonderful Balloon Ascents or, the Conquest of the Skies by Fulgence Marion
  15. “ In line oblique Behind the standards Caesar in reserve Had placed some companies of foot, in fear The foremost ranks might waver. ” – Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars by Lucan
  16. “ Mark the shape of his face and the peculiar oblique slit of his eyelids. ” – The Mystery of the Four Fingers by Fred M. White
  17. “ You will, in fact, be standing in that peculiar oblique beam of light, yourself illuminated to the general eye as the very object of chase and doomed quarry of the thing obscure to you. ” – The Short Works of George Meredith by George Meredith Last Updated: March 7, 2009
  18. “ One result of this inward trouble is that an old maid's glance is always oblique less from modesty than from fear and shame. ” – The Vicar of Tours by Honore de Balzac
  19. “ Here and there the oblique strata suggest the daring architecture of the Titans. ” – Timar's Two Worlds by Mór Jókai

Rhymes for oblique