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Meanings of oblique in English

Portuguese
oblíquo

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

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        oblíquo
        Portuguese
        caso oblíquo
        Catalan
        cas oblic

        Any grammatical case other than the nominative.

            caso oblíquo

            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 English
                        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