oblique

nouns

any grammatical case other than the nominative
oblique, oblique case
antonym
nominative
a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso
abdominal external oblique muscle, external oblique muscle, musculus obliquus externus abdominis, oblique

adjectives

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"
oblique
is derived from
obliqueness
antonym
parallel
antonym
perpendicular
is similar to
slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric
"a bias fold"
bias
is similar to
slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line
"set off in a catty-corner direction across the vacant lot"
cata-cornered, catacorner, cater-cornered, catercorner, catty-corner, catty-cornered, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered
is similar to
(of movement) at an angle
crabwise, sideways
is similar to
connecting two nonadjacent corners of a plane figure or any two corners of a solid that are not in the same face
"a diagonal line across the page"
diagonal
is similar to
(of e.g. lines or paths) not parallel; converging
nonparallel
is similar to
having oblique angles
oblique-angled
see also
tending to come together from different directions
convergent
see also
tending to move apart in different directions
divergent, diverging
see also
at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position
"an inclined plane"
inclined
indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading
"used devious means to achieve success"; "gave oblique answers to direct questions"; "oblique political maneuvers"
devious, oblique
is derived from
obliquity
is derived from
obliqueness