oblique
At an angle
Oblique means slanting or at an angle rather than straight on.
An oblique line is neither parallel nor perpendicular.
An oblique reference approaches its subject indirectly, hinting rather than stating plainly.
Oblique muscles run diagonally across the torso.
The word often carries a sense of evasiveness or indirection: She gave an oblique answer that told us nothing.
Angled from vertical
- cantedSet at angle
- inclinedTending toward, tilted
- slopedSet at incline
- leaningTendency toward something
askew · skewed · crooked · diagonal · slantwise · tipped · beveled · raked
Circular junction for traffic
- circuitousIndirect, winding path
- tangentialBarely connected to main point
- ellipticalOval-shaped or indirect
- allusiveContaining indirect references
implicit · periphrastic · circumlocutory · digressive · meandering · convoluted · nonlinear · serpentine
Hard to find
- shiftySeeming dishonest or evasive
- equivocalUncertain in meaning
- ambiguousHaving multiple interpretations
- vagueUnclear, ill-defined
sidestep · cagey · coy · noncommittal · cryptic · enigmatic · furtive · guarded
Geometric measure of rotation
- acuteIntensely severe or perceptive
- obtuseLacking mental sharpness
- geometryScience of spatial relationships
- triangleThree-sided plane figure
vertex · degrees · protractor · bisect · intersect · perpendicular · trigonometry · polygon
tilted
Angled from vertical
leaning · askew · skewed · crooked · diagonal · slantwise · tipped · beveled · raked · pitched
roundabout
Circular junction for traffic
- circuitousIndirect, winding path
- tangentialBarely connected to main point
- ellipticalOval-shaped or indirect
allusive · implicit · periphrastic · circumlocutory · digressive · meandering · convoluted · nonlinear · serpentine · rambling
elusive
Hard to find
- shiftySeeming dishonest or evasive
- equivocalUncertain in meaning
- ambiguousHaving multiple interpretations
vague · sidestep · cagey · coy · noncommittal · cryptic · enigmatic · furtive · guarded · veiled
angle
Geometric measure of rotation
- acuteIntensely severe or perceptive
- obtuseLacking mental sharpness
- geometryScience of spatial relationships
triangle · vertex · degrees · protractor · bisect · intersect · perpendicular · trigonometry · polygon · isosceles
abdominal
Of the belly region
superior · lateral · medial · rectus · insertion · origin · fascia · flexion · contraction · tendon
obliqueperpendicular
At right angles
right-angled · vertical · horizontal · straight · orthogonal
obliquedirect
Undeviating or to guide
straightforward · explicit · head-on · forthright · blunt
- oblique angleAngle not ninety degrees
- oblique caseNon-subject noun inflection
- oblique referenceIndirect mention of something
- oblique musclesAngled trunk musculature
oblique case, obliquely, obliquity, obliques, obliqueness, oblique angle