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Meanings of oblique case in English

Russian
объектный падеж
Portuguese
pronome pessoal do caso oblíquo
Spanish
caso oblicuo
Catalan
cas oblic

Grammatical case.

Related terms
объектный падеж
Portuguese
caso oblíquo
Catalan
cas oblic

Any grammatical case other than the nominative.

caso oblíquo
Synonyms
Examples for "oblique"
Examples for "oblique"
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
Usage of oblique case in English
1
But prepositions which imply transition, denote the oblique case.
Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) / From the Complete Americ...
2
Adjectives of Relation are, as we have seen, (chiefly) the Oblique Cases of the Noun Substantive.
Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 / Devoted to Lit...
3
The above description of the Cases of Nouns applies especially to the Oblique Cases; that is to say, to all except the Nominative Case.
Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 / Devoted to Lit...
Translations for oblique case