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Meanings of obliqueness in English

The quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly.

        Synonyms
        Examples for "deviousness"
        Examples for "deviousness"
        1
        But all politics is hypocrisy, an edifice of pretence, insincerity and deviousness.
        The Guardian
        2
        The CIA was impressed with my cleverness, my deviousness, and particularly my ruthlessness.
        The President's Assassin
        3
        You are an aggressive, unbalanced race, and capable of amazing deviousness.
        The Robot Who Looked Like Me
        4
        I am quite aware of my inborn tendency for deviousness.
        Layover in dubai
        5
        Rabban's much younger brother Feyd, though only fourteen, showed a greater deviousness and wit.
        Paul of dune
        Usage of obliqueness in English
        1
        He looked at her with gloomy obliqueness.
        The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2
        2
        Alas, the obliqueness of the gibe meant that Europeans simply did not comprenday...
        The new yorker
        3
        So much so, in fact, that many postings to Zardoz were fine examples of the art of obliqueness.
        Underground: Hacking, madness and obsession on the electronic fr...
        4
        Eyes, piercing and black and large, with a traditionary hint of obliqueness, looked forth from under clear-stencilled, clean-arching brows.
        The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondyke
        5
        They were long, true, but set squarely, and with just the slightest hint of obliqueness that was all for piquancy.
        The Jacket (The Star-Rover)
        6
        As Raikes resumed his chair, the Sepoy, recalling his glances from their mysterious foray, directed them, with curious obliqueness, upon his companion.
        The Flaw in the Sapphire
        7
        The stubborn obliqueness of Chaudhuri's point of view, coupled with his relaxed, discursive pace, make the opening 50 pages of Calcutta something of a trial.
        The Irish Times
        Obliqueness through the time