oblique

1. Not erect or perpendicular; not parallel to, or at right angles from, the base.

   Italic fonts are sometimes described as oblique in typographic terminology.

   schräg, schief, oblique

   косо́йkosój, накло́нныйnaklónnyj, пока́тыйpokátyj

   нахи́ленийnaxýlenyj, похи́лийpoxýlyj

   slanting or inclined in direction or course or position — neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled

2. Not straightforward; indirect; by implication; (sometimes even) obscure, ambiguous, or confusing.

   The email from HR obliquely informed her that some complaints about her had been received.

   око́льныйokólʹnyj, ко́свенныйkósvennyj, непрямо́йneprjamój

3. Disingenuous; underhand; morally corrupt.

4. Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.

   ко́свенныйkósvennyj, непрямо́йneprjamój

5. Having the base of the blade asymmetrical, with one side lower than the other.

6. Growing at an angle that is neither vertical nor horizontal.

7. Pertaining to the oblique case (non-nominative).

8. 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.

   They found out obliquely that she had heard from HR about the comments and was taking some time to absorb the sting of an implied reprimand.

9. Employing oblique motion, motion or progression in which one part (voice) stays on the same note while another ascends or descends.

1. The internal oblique muscle is located beneath the external oblique muscle in the abdominal region of the body.

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2. The external obliques are a pair of muscles that lie on the lateral sides of the abdominal region of the body.

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