Oblique

Oblique - Other Definitions

• (a.) Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.
  
  
• (a.) Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.
  
  
• (a.) Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
  
  
• (n.) An oblique line.
  
  
• (v. i.) To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction.
  
  
• (v. i.) To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; -- formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left.
  
  
• (adv.) In an oblique manner; not directly; indirectly.