Synonym of cater-corner: diagonally across from one another.
Synonym of cater-corner: diagonally across from.
Not erect or perpendicular; not parallel to, or at right angles from, the base.
Having the base of the blade asymmetrical, with one side lower than the other.
Disingenuous; underhand; morally corrupt.
Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
Pertaining to the oblique case (non-nominative).
Growing at an angle that is neither vertical nor horizontal.
Indirect; employing the actual words of the speaker but as related by a third person, having the first person in pronoun and verb converted into the third person and adverbs of present time into the past, etc.
Not straightforward; obscure or confusing.
Employing oblique motion, motion or progression in which one part (voice) stays on the same note while another ascends or descends.
Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩.
An oblique line.
The oblique case.
To deviate from a perpendicular line; to become askew;
To slant (text, etc.) at an angle.
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.