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What is the adjective for obliquer?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb oblique which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

oblique
  1. Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.
  2. Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.
  3. Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
  4. (botany) Of leaves, having the base of the blade asymmetrical, with one side lower than the other.
  5. (botany) Of branches or roots, growing at an angle that is neither vertical nor horizontal.
  6. (grammar) Pertaining to the oblique case (non-nominative).
  7. (music) Employing one of the three contrapuntal motions, namely, 1. Parallel, 2. Contrary and 3. Oblique. Parallel,when two parts (voices) move in the same direction; Contrary, when they move opposite; and Oblique, when one part (voice) stays on the same note while the other moves away from or towards it.
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  9. Examples:
    1. “We start with a rectangle of any shape and then draw an oblique line connecting two of its opposite corners.”
      “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.”
      “This motif, in turn, may well be viewed as an oblique reference to Heidegger's preoccupations in the early lectures on St. Paul.”
obliquotransverse
  1. (anatomy) oblique and transverse
obliquolateral
  1. (anatomy) oblique and lateral
oblike
  1. Obsolete form of oblique.
obliquid
  1. (obsolete) oblique
obliquer
obliquest
obliqued
  1. simple past tense and past participle of oblique
obliquing
  1. present participle of oblique
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