Dictionary Entry
oblique
oblique is a 7-letter English word with 10 senses as adjective, noun, and intransitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 21 · 10 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.
- 2adjective
Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.
- 3adjective
Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
- 4noun
An oblique line.
- 5intransitive verb
To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction.
- 6intransitive verb
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.
- 7noun
a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso
- 8noun
any grammatical case other than the nominative
- 9adjective
indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading
"used devious means to achieve success"
"gave oblique answers to direct questions"
Synonyms
- 10adjective
slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled
"the oblique rays of the winter sun"
"acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles"
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