Meaning of OBLIQUE in English

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Meaning of OBLIQUE in English

• Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.
• Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.
• Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
• An oblique line.
• To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction.
• To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; -- formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left.

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