The meaning of OBLIQUE is neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined. How to use oblique in a sentence.

Look up oblique in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Oblique type, a form of type that slants slightly to the right in typography.

OBLIQUE definition: 1. having a sloping direction, angle, or position: 2. (of an angle) either more or less than 90°…. Learn more.

If something is oblique, it has a slanting position or direction. In figurative use, oblique means indirect or purposely misleading. "What is two plus two?" "Fish!" as an answer is completely oblique.

OBLIQUE meaning: 1. having a sloping direction, angle, or position: 2. (of an angle) either more or less than 90°…. Learn more.

oblique - slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; "the oblique rays of the winter sun"; "acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles"; "the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base"

If you describe a statement as oblique, you mean that is not expressed directly or openly, making it difficult to understand.

If you describe a statement as oblique, you mean that is not expressed directly or openly, making it difficult to understand. It was an oblique reference to his mother. Mr Golding delivered an oblique warning, talking of the danger of sudden action.

If you describe a statement as oblique, you mean that is not expressed directly or openly, making it difficult to understand. It was an oblique reference to his mother.

Oblique definition: Having the part on one side of the midrib of a different size or shape than the part on the other side. Used of a leaf.