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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.
Related terms
Portuguese
caso oblíquo Catalan
cas oblic Synonyms
Examples for "oblique case"
Examples for "oblique case"
1
But prepositions which imply transition, denote the oblique case.
2
Adjectives of Relation are, as we have seen, (chiefly) the Oblique Cases of the Noun Substantive.
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.
A diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso.
Usage of oblique in English
1
Posteromedial retinacular structures and posterior oblique ligament were injured in all cases.
2
Sometimes the Nobel Prize in Medicine goes to a somewhat oblique achievement.
3
And the picture is bright enough to remain visible from oblique angles.
4
The dugouts, lined with lifts, descend in oblique parallels into the depths.
5
She answered one of his oblique questions with crisp assent, ignored another.
6
Green-eye creates, but it is an oblique side effect of something else.
7
Rabbit moves a few steps closer to get a less oblique view.
8
These are wonders, disturbing and astonishing, yet encoded, oblique renderings of experience.
9
A hideous yellow face with oblique squinting eyes, appeared in the aperture.
10
This is the oblique road by which the English press is bribed.
11
Not even an oblique sort of hint- Iheara lot of those.
12
Camera work, filled with disquieting oblique shadows, is elegant and atmospheric throughout.
13
They weren't talking about me-exceptthat, in some oblique way, they were.
14
The Japanese lieutenant smiled till his little oblique optics were scarcely perceptible.
15
The US poet's verse, which has gone viral, is an oblique mini-masterpiece.
16
The Indians scowled on us, glancing malignantly out of their oblique eyes.
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Oblique through the time
Oblique across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common