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oblique noun
Meaning : Any grammatical case other than the nominative.
Synonyms : oblique case
The category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb.
nominative, nominative case, subject caseMeaning : A diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso.
Synonyms : abdominal external oblique muscle, external oblique muscle, musculus obliquus externus abdominis
oblique adjective
Meaning : Slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled.
Example :
The oblique rays of the winter sun.
Acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles.
The axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base.
Being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting.
Parallel lines never converge.Concentric circles are parallel.
Dancers in two parallel rows.
parallel
Meaning : Indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way. Misleading.
Example :
Used devious means to achieve success.
Gave oblique answers to direct questions.
Oblique political maneuvers.
Synonyms : devious
