1. Slanting or inclined in direction or course or position — neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled
   "the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base"; "the oblique rays of the winter sun"; "acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles"
    
2. Indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading
   "gave oblique answers to direct questions"; "oblique political manoeuvres";
   - devious, backdoor

1. [Brit] A punctuation mark ('/') used to separate related items of information
   "The menu listed the price as '$10/person' using an oblique";
   - solidus [Brit, Cdn], slash, virgule, diagonal, stroke, separatrix
    
2. A diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso
   "The external oblique muscle helps in trunk rotation"; "The abdominal external oblique muscle helps in trunk rotation";
   - external oblique muscle, musculus obliquus externus abdominis, abdominal external oblique muscle
    
3. Any grammatical case other than the nominative
   "In English, 'him' is an example of a pronoun in the oblique case";
   - oblique case

Derived forms: obliques

See also: bias, catacorner [N. Amer], cata-cornered [N. Amer], catercorner [N. Amer], cater-cornered [N. Amer], catty-corner [N. Amer], catty-cornered [N. Amer], convergent, crabwise, diagonal, divergent, diverging, inclined, indirect, kitty-corner [N. Amer], kitty-cornered [N. Amer], nonparallel, oblique-angled, sideways

Type of: ab, abdominal, abdominal muscle, case, grammatical case, punctuation, punctuation mark [Brit]

Antonym: nominative, parallel, perpendicular

Encyclopedia: Oblique