1 not expressed or done in a direct way
SYNINDIRECT:
an oblique reference / approach / comment
2 (of a line) sloping at an angle
3 ~ angle an angle that is not an angle of 90ｰ:
The extension was built at an oblique angle to the house.
obliquely adverb:
He referred only obliquely to their recent problems. * Always cut stems obliquely to enable flowers to absorb more water.
noun (BrE) = SLASH(3)
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for oblique is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is oblique a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, oblique is tagged as adjective.
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