oblique
- Adjective. Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.
- Adjective. Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.
- Adjective. Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
- Adjective. (botany, of leaves) Having the base of the blade asymmetrical, with one side larger or extending further than the other.
- Noun. (geometry) An oblique line.
- Noun. The punctuation sign "/".
- Noun. (grammar) The oblique case.
- Verb. To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction.
- Verb. (military) To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; — formerly accomplished by ''oblique'' steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left.
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