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Located or moving diagonally across or in relation to something

Sloped, slanting, or at an angle

Not expressed or done in a direct way

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 sloping surface or edge

A direction diagonal to the weave of a fabric

A long, narrow mark or band

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Adjective

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.”

Adjective

Sloped, slanting, or at an angle

at an oblique angle

disproportionate

disproportional

unevenly balanced

twisting and turning

full of twists and turns

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“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.”

Adjective

Not expressed or done in a direct way

circumlocutionary

circumlocutional

circumlocuitous

circumlocutious

difficult to track down

difficult to catch

always on the move

difficult to find

hard to pin down

misrepresentative

unstraightforward

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“This motif, in turn, may well be viewed as an oblique reference to Heidegger's preoccupations in the early lectures on St. Paul.”

Adjective

Having a covert or obscure meaning

incomprehensible

beyond comprehension

as clear as mud

hard to understand

difficult to understand

uninterpretable

not easily understood

clear as dishwater

open to argument

cloak-and-dagger

open to question

indistinguishable

shrouded in mystery

impossible to understand

impressionistic

yet to be decided

beyond one's grasp

hard to explain

above your head

thought-provoking

over one's head

full of twists and turns

behind someone's back

behind-the-scenes

hole-and-corner

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Adjective

Of, at, towards, or from the side or sides

Adjective

Suggested without being stated directly

taken for granted

tacitly assumed

left to the imagination

not put into words

tacitly agreed on

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Adjective

Dishonest or unscrupulous in manner or intent

not entirely truthful

terminologically inexact

economical with the truth

dishonourable^UK

unsportsmanlike

dishonorable^US

double-crossing

not straightforward

playing politics

under the table

cloak-and-dagger

hole-and-corner

not to be trusted

against the rules

of dubious character

potentially illegal

not to be depended on

under the counter

against the law

intentionally misleading

like a snake in the grass

not trustworthy

all talk and no action

not to be relied upon

under-the-table

not quite right

crazy like a fox

gone to the dogs

unconscientious

snake in the grass

lacking sincerity

with tongue in cheek

nimble-fingered

sticky-fingered

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Adjective

Having the form of a circle

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Adjective

Disguised or concealed from view

unrecognisable^UK

unrecognizable^US

hidden from sight

hidden from view

put in the hole

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Noun

A slash symbol

“Other Chaucerian manuscripts had the virgule, or oblique, at the middle of lines.”

Noun

A sloping surface or edge

angular coefficient

sloping surface

upward gradient

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Noun

A direction diagonal to the weave of a fabric

Noun

A long, narrow mark or band

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