oblique

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Said in an indirect way rather than plainly; not straightforward.

   The email from HR obliquely hinted that complaints had been made about her.

2. 2
   adj

   Sloping or slanting; neither straight up nor flat across.

   The oblique rays of the winter sun stretched long shadows across the field.

3. 3
   adj

   Set at an angle, neither vertical nor horizontal.

   The branch grew at an oblique angle away from the trunk.

From Middle French oblique, from Latin oblīquus (also spelled oblīcus) (“slanting, sideways, indirect, envious”).

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