Oblique
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| + | # Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined. | ||
| + | #:*It has a direction oblique to that of the former motion. - Cheyne. | ||
| + | # Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister. | ||
| + | #:*The love we bear our friends . . . Hath in it certain ''oblique'' ends. - Drayton. | ||
| + | #:*This mode of ''oblique'' research, when a more direct one is denied, we find to be the only one in our power. - ''De Quincey.'' | ||
| + | #:*Then would be closed the restless, ''oblique'' eye. <br /> That looks for evil, like a treacherous spy. - ''Wordworth.'' | ||
| + | # Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral. | ||
| + | #:*His natural affection in a direct line was strong, in an oblique but weak. - ''Baker.'' | ||
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- Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.
- It has a direction oblique to that of the former motion. - Cheyne.
- Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.
- The love we bear our friends . . . Hath in it certain oblique ends. - Drayton.
- This mode of oblique research, when a more direct one is denied, we find to be the only one in our power. - De Quincey.
- Then would be closed the restless, oblique eye.
That looks for evil, like a treacherous spy. - Wordworth.
- Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
- His natural affection in a direct line was strong, in an oblique but weak. - Baker.
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