Grep of noun oblique
oblique
oblique angle
oblique bandage
oblique case
oblique triangle
oblique vein of the left atrium
obliqueness
Overview of noun oblique
The noun oblique has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. oblique, oblique case -- (any grammatical case other than the nominative)
Overview of adj oblique
The adj oblique has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) oblique -- (slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angular; "the oblique rays of the winter sun"; "acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles"; "the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base")
2. devious, oblique -- (indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way misleading; "used devious means to achieve success"; "gave oblique answers to direct questions"; "oblique political maneuvers")
Antonyms of adj oblique
2 senses of oblique
Sense 1
oblique (vs. parallel) (vs. perpendicular)
parallel (vs. perpendicular) (vs. oblique)
=> antiparallel
=> collateral
=> nonconvergent, nonintersecting
perpendicular (vs. oblique) (vs. parallel)
=> normal
=> orthogonal, rectangular
=> right
Sense 2
devious, oblique
INDIRECT (VIA indirect) -> direct
Similarity of adj oblique
2 senses of oblique
Sense 1
oblique (vs. parallel) (vs. perpendicular)
=> bias
=> catacorner, cata-cornered, catercorner, cater-cornered, catty-corner, catty-cornered, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered
=> crabwise, sideways
=> diagonal
=> nonparallel
Also See-> convergent#1; divergent#2, diverging#1; inclined#2
Sense 2
devious, oblique
=> indirect (vs. direct)
Attributes of adj oblique
Familiarity of adj oblique
oblique used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2)
Grep of adj oblique
oblique
Overview of noun oblique
The noun oblique has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. oblique, oblique case -- (any grammatical case other than the nominative)
Overview of adj oblique
The adj oblique has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) oblique -- (slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angular; "the oblique rays of the winter sun"; "acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles"; "the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base")
2. devious, oblique -- (indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way misleading; "used devious means to achieve success"; "gave oblique answers to direct questions"; "oblique political maneuvers")
oblique definition
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