OBLIQUE


Meaning of OBLIQUE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ oʊbli:k ]

1.

If you describe a statement as oblique , you mean that is not expressed directly or openly, making it difficult to understand.

Mr Golding delivered an oblique warning, talking of the danger of sudden action.

= indirect

ADJ

• oblique‧ly

He obliquely referred to the US, Britain and Saudi Arabia.

= indirectly

ADV : ADV with v

2.

An oblique line is a straight line that is not horizontal or vertical. An oblique angle is any angle other than a right angle.

It lies between the plain and the sea at an oblique angle to the coastline.

ADJ : usu ADJ n

• oblique‧ly

This muscle runs obliquely downwards inside the abdominal cavity.

ADV : ADV after v

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