OBLIQUE

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English oblike, from Latin obliquus Date: 15th century 1. neither perpendicular nor parallel ; inclined , having the axis not perpendicular to the base , having no right angle , 2. not straightforward ; indirect , devious , underhanded , situated ~ly and having one end not inserted on bone , taken from an airplane with the camera directed horizontally or diagonally downward , ~ly adverb ~ness noun II. noun Date: circa 1608 something (as a line) that is ~, any of several ~ muscles, III. adverb Date: 1687 at a 45 degree angle