oblique
31oblique — 1 adjective 1 not expressed in a direct way: oblique references to his drinking problems 2 not looking or pointing directly at something: an oblique glance 3 oblique line/stroke etc a sloping line etc 4 oblique angle technical an angle that is… …
32oblique — UK [əˈbliːk] / US [oʊˈblɪk] adjective 1) not expressing something directly an oblique reference to the war 2) not looking or pointing directly at someone or something He was giving her oblique looks. 3) maths an oblique line is sloping 4) maths… …
33oblique — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 a slanting; declining from the vertical or horizontal. b diverging from a straight line or course. 2 not going straight to the point; roundabout, indirect. 3 Geom. a (of a line, plane figure, or surface) inclined at other… …
34Oblique — Als kursiv (lat. currere „laufen“, „rennen“) wird in der deutschen Typografie eine Schriftauszeichnungsart bezeichnet. Sie dient zur Hervorhebung der Schrift innerhalb von Texten und Textpassagen. Kursivschrift ist im Gegensatz zur Grundschrift… …
35oblique — Synonyms and related words: O shaped, across, ambagious, angle, angle off, angling, askew, aslant, athwart, atilt, awry, backhand, backhanded, banked, banking, bear off, bend, bias, cambered, canted, canting, circuitous, circular,… …
36oblique — adjective 1) an oblique line Syn: slanting, slanted, sloping, at an angle, angled, diagonal, aslant, slant, slantwise, skew, askew, cater cornered, kitty corner Ant: straight …
37oblique — [ə bli:k] adjective 1》 neither parallel nor at right angles; slanting. 2》 not explicit or direct: an oblique threat. 3》 Geometry (of a line, plane figure, or surface) inclined at other than a right angle. ↘(of an angle) acute or obtuse.… …
38oblique — o•blique [[t]əˈblik, oʊˈblik[/t]] mil [[t]əˈblaɪk, oʊˈblaɪk[/t]] adj. 1) math. neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping 2) math. (of a solid) not having the axis perpendicular to the plane of the base 3)… …
39oblique — ob|lique 〈[ li:k] Adj.〉 1. 〈veraltet〉 schräg, schief 2. 〈Gramm.〉 abhängig ● obliquer Kasus = Casus obliquus [frz.] * * * ob|lique [o bli:k , attr.: …kvə]: in der Verbindung r Kasus (Sprachwiss.: Casus obliquus). * * * oblique [o bli:k, attr.:… …
40oblique — adj. Oblique is used with these nouns: ↑angle, ↑reference …
