Oblique

English Meaning

Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.

1. Having a slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined.
2. Mathematics Designating geometric lines or planes that are neither parallel nor perpendicular.
3. Botany Having sides of unequal length or form: an oblique leaf.
4. Anatomy Situated in a slanting position; not transverse or longitudinal: oblique muscles or ligaments.
5. Indirect or evasive: oblique political maneuvers.
6. Devious, misleading, or dishonest: gave oblique answers to the questions.
7. Not direct in descent; collateral.
8. Grammar Designating any noun case except the nominative or the vocative.
9. An oblique thing, such as a line, direction, or muscle.
10. Nautical The act of changing course by less than 90°.
11. At an angle of 45°.