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oblique |
Grep of noun oblique oblique oblique angle oblique bandage oblique case oblique triangle oblique vein of the left atrium obliqueness Overview of noun oblique The noun oblique has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. oblique, oblique case -- (any grammatical case other than the nominative) Overview of adj oblique The adj oblique has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) oblique -- (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") 2. 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") Antonyms of adj oblique 2 senses of oblique Sense 1 oblique (vs. parallel) (vs. perpendicular) parallel (vs. perpendicular) (vs. oblique) => antiparallel => collateral => nonconvergent, nonintersecting perpendicular (vs. oblique) (vs. parallel) => normal => orthogonal, rectangular => right Sense 2 devious, oblique INDIRECT (VIA indirect) -> direct Similarity of adj oblique 2 senses of oblique Sense 1 oblique (vs. parallel) (vs. perpendicular) => bias => catacorner, cata-cornered, catercorner, cater-cornered, catty-corner, catty-cornered, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered => crabwise, sideways => diagonal => nonparallel Also See-> convergent#1; divergent#2, diverging#1; inclined#2 Sense 2 devious, oblique => indirect (vs. direct) Attributes of adj oblique Familiarity of adj oblique oblique used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj oblique oblique Overview of noun oblique The noun oblique has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. oblique, oblique case -- (any grammatical case other than the nominative) Overview of adj oblique The adj oblique has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) oblique -- (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") 2. 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")
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