Oblique.

That leans or slopes away from the vertical or horizontal, or a given direction; sloping, slanting; rising.

Having a slanting direction or position; not vertical or horizontal; diverging from a straight line or course.

Sloping; inclined; oblique; bent. Cf. inclinated, adj. 2.

leaning, inclining (literal and figurative).

That leans toward or away from a given plane or direction, esp. the vertical or horizontal; sloping, slanting.

Slanting, oblique; spec. designating a line which is a diagonal, or which marks a hypotenuse. Cf. biasways, adv., biaswise, adv. Obsolete.

Oblique, slanting, skew. Cf. overthwartly, adv. 2b. Obsolete.

More generally: inclining or slanting to one side; oblique, sloping. Also: lying on the side, overturned. Now rare.

Oblique. Obsolete. rare.

Having an oblique direction or position; turned to one side, slanting, squint.

Oblique; diagonal; slanting. Obsolete.

Set obliquely or aslant; skew. Also in combinations.

Oblique.

Oblique; slanting.

Sloping, inclined, oblique; at an angle.

That slants or slopes; lying, situated, or directed, obliquely.

Having an oblique or sloping direction; cut, placed, or driven aslant.

Having an oblique or sloping position or direction; inclined from the perpendicular or horizontal; falling, lying, placed, etc. slantwise.

elliptically, quasi-adj. Slanting, oblique.

More loosely: Having an oblique direction like the diagonal of a square or other parallelogram; lying or passing athwart; inclined at an angle…

Originally U.S. Of the position or angle at which something (esp. a hat) is worn or set: somewhat oblique, slanting.

Slanting, sloping, oblique; neither perpendicular nor horizontal.

Slanting, oblique.

Slanting(ly), oblique(ly); out of true. Also figurative.

= slanting, adj. a.