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Located or moving diagonally across or in relation to something
“We start with a rectangle of any shape and then draw an oblique line connecting two of its opposite corners.”
Sloped, slanting, or at an angle
“In this watershed sequence, the oblique angles and edgy camerawork signal the presence of Jeffrey's gaze as his invisible aura surrounds Susan in her destitution.”
Not expressed or done in a direct way
“This motif, in turn, may well be viewed as an oblique reference to Heidegger's preoccupations in the early lectures on St. Paul.”
Having a covert or obscure meaning
Of, at, towards, or from the side or sides
Suggested without being stated directly
Dishonest or unscrupulous in manner or intent
Having the form of a circle
Disguised or concealed from view
A slash symbol
“Other Chaucerian manuscripts had the virgule, or oblique, at the middle of lines.”
A sloping surface or edge
A direction diagonal to the weave of a fabric
A long, narrow mark or band
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