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oblique adjective

  /oʊˈbliːk/ , /ɑːbˈlaik/ , /əˈbliːk/
  • Not erect or perpendicular; not parallel to, or at right angles from, the base.
oblique
  • Not straightforward; obscure or confusing.
  • Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
  • (grammar, of speech or narration) Indirect; employing the actual words of the speaker but as related by a third person, having the first person in pronoun and verb converted into the third person and adverbs of present time into the past, etc.
indirect

obliquity noun

  /oʊˈblɪkwɪɾi/ , /əˈblɪkwɪti/ , /əˈblɪkwɪɾi/
  • The quality of being oblique in direction, deviating from the horizontal or vertical; or the angle created by such a deviation. [from 15th c.]
obliquité

obliquely

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