I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an oblique reference (= not direct )
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He added, in an oblique reference to the US, that ‘some countries could do more’.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
angle
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After a few embarrassed minutes the mourners slowly departed, leaving Flaubert jammed into the ground at an oblique angle .
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You can make it look two or three times thicker that way, by cutting on a really oblique angle .
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Coastal Refraction alters the bearings, particularly when bearings are at an oblique angle to the coastline. 6.
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One is to enter a drama at an oblique angle to the main issue.
reference
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Cuthbert's oblique reference to Aldfrith in his reply seems to have satisfied her.
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The story of Aphrodite does include an oblique reference to Demeter.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an oblique line
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an oblique route
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Reneé made oblique references to his drinking problem.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Albeit in an oblique fashion, Soviet Socialist Realism thus influenced the development of western high art.
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Also it should be lit at night and have traffic cones placed in an oblique line on the approach to it.
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Both conventional and oblique viewing are possible.
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It was only in such oblique ways that he referred to his state of deserted, now divorced, husband.
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Press him too closely about his family, though, and he becomes oblique and evasive.
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She changed the subject when I posed an oblique question about the boys' father.
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She gave me an oblique look.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It is the obliques and abdominals which create the well trained look.
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Single-frame shots of a site or feature are usual, although stereoscopic pairs of obliques considerably assist subsequent interpretation.
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You get internal obliques and then external obliques on the way up, correct?