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Meanings of oblique in anglès

portuguès
oblíquo

Slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled.

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oblíquo
portuguès
caso oblíquo
català
cas oblic

Any grammatical case other than the nominative.

cas oblic

A diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso.

Not expressed directly, by opposition to the accepted or proper way.

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Usage of oblique in anglès
1
Posteromedial retinacular structures and posterior oblique ligament were injured in all cases.
Pubmed
2
Sometimes the Nobel Prize in Medicine goes to a somewhat oblique achievement.
The Irish Times
3
And the picture is bright enough to remain visible from oblique angles.
Wired
4
The dugouts, lined with lifts, descend in oblique parallels into the depths.
Light
5
She answered one of his oblique questions with crisp assent, ignored another.
Woken furies
6
Green-eye creates, but it is an oblique side effect of something else.
The Einstein Intersection
7
Rabbit moves a few steps closer to get a less oblique view.
Rabbit, run
8
These are wonders, disturbing and astonishing, yet encoded, oblique renderings of experience.
The Guardian
9
A hideous yellow face with oblique squinting eyes, appeared in the aperture.
The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu
10
This is the oblique road by which the English press is bribed.
Love Me Little, Love Me Long
11
Not even an oblique sort of hint- Iheara lot of those.
The bone palace
12
Camera work, filled with disquieting oblique shadows, is elegant and atmospheric throughout.
Reuters
13
They weren't talking about me-exceptthat, in some oblique way, they were.
Seraphina
14
The Japanese lieutenant smiled till his little oblique optics were scarcely perceptible.
Under the Dragon Flag / My Experiences in the Chino-Japanese War
15
The US poet's verse, which has gone viral, is an oblique mini-masterpiece.
The Guardian
16
The Indians scowled on us, glancing malignantly out of their oblique eyes.
The Scalp Hunters
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Translations for oblique
Oblique through the time
Oblique across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common