| oblique | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. oblique, oblique case | any grammatical case other than the nominative. |
| ~ grammatical case, case | nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence. |
| ~ accusative, accusative case, objective case | the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb. |
| ~ dative, dative case | the category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb. |
| ~ genitive, genitive case, possessive, possessive case | the case expressing ownership. |
| ~ vocative, vocative case | the case (in some inflected languages) used when the referent of the noun is being addressed. |
| ~ ablative, ablative case | the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb. |
| n. (body) | 2. abdominal external oblique muscle, external oblique muscle, musculus obliquus externus abdominis, oblique | a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso. |
| ~ abdominal, abdominal muscle, ab | the muscles of the abdomen. |
| adj. | 3. oblique | slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled.; "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" |
| ~ convergent | tending to come together from different directions. |
| ~ diverging, divergent | tending to move apart in different directions. |
| ~ inclined | at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position.; "an inclined plane" |
| ~ bias | slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric.; "a bias fold" |
| ~ cata-cornered, catacorner, cater-cornered, catercorner, catty-corner, catty-cornered, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered | slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line.; "set off in a catty-corner direction across the vacant lot" |
| ~ crabwise, sideways | (of movement) at an angle. |
| ~ diagonal | connecting two nonadjacent corners of a plane figure or any two corners of a solid that are not in the same face.; "a diagonal line across the page" |
| ~ nonparallel | (of e.g. lines or paths) not parallel; converging. |
| ~ oblique-angled | having oblique angles. |
| adj. | 4. devious, oblique | 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" |
| ~ indirect | extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action.; "making indirect but legitimate inquiries"; "an indirect insult"; "doubtless they had some indirect purpose in mind"; "though his methods are indirect they are not dishonest"; "known as a shady indirect fellow" |
| tilted | | |
| adj. | 1. atilt, canted, leaning, tilted, tipped | departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal.; "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the headstones were tilted" |
| ~ inclined | at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position.; "an inclined plane" |
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