oblique
adjective
/oʊˈbliːk/
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/ɑːbˈlaik/
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/əˈbliːk/
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- Not erect or perpendicular; not parallel to, or at right angles from, the base.
- 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.
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