oblique
oblique Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Not explicit or done in a direct way; indirect, evasive, or circuitous in expression.
"She made an oblique reference to her former employer without mentioning any names."
Neither parallel nor at a right angle to a specified or implied line; slanting or inclined.
"The late afternoon sun cast long, oblique shadows across the courtyard."
Designating any grammatical noun case other than the nominative or vocative (in linguistics).
"In Old English, prepositions typically governed nouns in an oblique case."
• noun
Any of several muscles arranged diagonally in the body, especially the external and internal abdominal muscles on either side of the torso that aid in trunk rotation and lateral flexion.
"Side planks and rotational twists are effective exercises for strengthening the obliques."
British A slanting line or forward slash (/) used in writing and printing.
"Please separate the alternative options on the form with an oblique."
• verb
To slant, incline, or advance at an oblique angle (especially of marching troops).
"The column was ordered to oblique to the right to avoid the marshy ground."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French 'oblique', from Latin 'obliquus' (slanting, sidelong, indirect), formed from the prefix 'ob-' (against) and a root related to 'licinus' (bent upward).