## Meanings
1. Said in an indirect way rather than plainly; not straightforward.
2. Sloping or slanting; neither straight up nor flat across.
3. Set at an angle, neither vertical nor horizontal.

## Examples
- The email from HR obliquely hinted that complaints had been made about her.
- The oblique rays of the winter sun stretched long shadows across the field.
- The branch grew at an oblique angle away from the trunk.

## Synonyms
- slash

## Derived Forms
- deobliquing
- double-oblique
- nonoblique
- obliquely
- obliqueness
- obliquity
- single-oblique
- stroke
- suboblique
- triple-oblique

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

## AI Etymology
Oblique is from Middle French oblique, from Latin oblīquus (also spelled oblīcus) (“slanting, sideways, indirect, envious”). In present-day use, it can mean said in an indirect way rather than plainly; not straightforward, or sloping or slanting; neither straight up nor flat across. Derived formations include deobliquing, double-oblique, nonoblique, obliquely, and obliqueness.

## Topics
- Space, Position & Direction

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