oblique
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "oblique"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϤāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•, āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŖāϰ⧇āĻ–āĻž

positioned diagonally or at an angle, without being parallel or perpendicular
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The oblique lines in the artwork added depth and movement.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§‡ āϤāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ• āϰ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰāϤāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ—āϤāĻŋ āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒāϰ⧋āĻ•ā§āώ, āϤāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•

not expressed or done in a direct or straightforward way
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The article made an oblique criticism of the government ’s policies.
āύāĻŋāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧāϟāĻŋ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āύ⧀āϤāĻŋāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāϰ⧋āĻ•ā§āώ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϤāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•, āϤāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ• āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻ•

having a grammatical case or form used for objects or complements rather than the subject
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In Latin, oblique cases include the dative and accusative.
āϞāĻžāϤāĻŋāύ āĻ­āĻžāώāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ• āĻ•āĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ“ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻ• āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĨ¤
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āϤāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•, āϤāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ• āĻĒ⧇āĻļā§€

a muscle that runs at an angle to the body's axis, such as those in the abdomen
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He strained an oblique during his workout session.
āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ•āφāωāϟ āϏ⧇āĻļāύ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϤāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ• āĻĒ⧇āĻļā§€ āϟāĻžāύ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϤāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•, āϤāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ• āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻ•

a grammatical case used to indicate nouns or pronouns functioning as objects or following prepositions

oblique case

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Understanding the oblique is key to mastering some language structures.
āϤāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ• āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ­āĻžāώāĻž āĻ•āĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŽā§‹ āφāϝāĻŧāĻ¤ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϚāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻ āĻŋāĨ¤
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āϤāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ• āϰ⧇āĻ–āĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻļ

a slanted line or slash used in writing or printing, often to separate alternatives
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The web address included an oblique between sections.
āĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻŦ āĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻžāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻ—āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϤāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ• āϰ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϤāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•, āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āϤāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ• āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ

a bisexual intersex or nonbinary person, or someone with a fluid sexuality beyond traditional labels
Slang
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Everyone recognized the oblique in the LGBTQ+ group.
āϏāĻŦāĻžāχ LGBTQ+ āĻĻāϞ⧇ oblique āϕ⧇ āϚāĻŋāύ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

obliquely
obliqueness
oblique
App
āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ