oblique /ō- or ə-blēkˈ/

1. Slanting
2. Neither perpendicular nor parallel
3. Not at right angles
4. Not parallel to an axis
5. Not straightforward
6. Indirect
7. Underhand
8. Not a right angle (geometry)
9. Having the axis not perpendicular to the plane of the base
10. Skew
11. Asymmetrical about the midrib (botany)
12. Of the monoclinic system (crystallography)

1. An oblique line, figure, muscle, etc
2. An oblique movement or advance, esp one about 45º from the original direction

1. To deviate from a direct line or from the perpendicular, to slant
2. To advance obliquely by facing half right or left and then advancing

To turn aslant

obliquation /ob-li-kwāˈshən/ noun (obsolete)

Obliqueness

obliqueˈly adverb

obliqueness /-blēkˈ/ or obliquity /ob-likˈwi-ti/ noun

1. The state of being oblique
2. A slanting direction
3. Crookedness of outlook, thinking or conduct, or an instance of it
4. Irregularity (obsolete)

obliquid /ob-likˈwid/ adjective (Spenser)

Oblique

obliqˈuitous adjective

oblique case noun (grammar)

Any case other than nominative and vocative

oblique fracture noun (medicine)

A fracture of a bone caused by an impact at an oblique angle

oblique motion noun (music)

Upward or downward motion of one part while another remains stationary

oblique narration or oblique speech noun

Indirect speech (see indirect)

obliquity of the ecliptic noun (astronomy)

The angle between the plane of the earth's orbit and that of the earth's equator

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