n. 25B6; adjective
an oblique line : SLANTING, slanted, sloping, at an angle, angled, diagonal, aslant, slant, slantwise, skew, on the skew, askew, squint; N. Amer. cater-cornered.
an oblique reference : INDIRECT, inexplicit, roundabout, circuitous, circumlocutory, implicit, implied, elliptical, evasive, backhanded.
an oblique glance : SIDELONG, sideways, furtive, covert, sly, surreptitious.
straight, direct.
25B6; noun SLASH, solidus, backslash, diagonal, virgule.