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Oblique a. : Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.

Oblique a. : Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.

Oblique a. : Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.

Oblique n. : An oblique line.

Oblique v. i. : To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction.

Oblique v. i. : 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.

Example:
Is the back of thee tricep and the Oblique good spots for tattoos?

Taxonomy
Oblique, free encyclopedia, Oblique angle, Euclidean geometry, search, free dictionary, human anatomy, abdominal muscles, eye muscles, neck, elbow, lungs, jazz vibraphonist, Bobby Hutcherson, music, Dutch angle, cinematography, fish.

Defination from the web:
Oblique (album), an album by jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson. Oblique, a Barcelona based electronica-music-styled group. Oblique angle, another word for "Dutch angle" in cinematography. Oblique angle, in geometry, an angle that is not a multiple of 90 degrees ... 

synonyms
  (adjective) devious
  (noun) oblique case
  (noun) external oblique muscle
  (noun) musculus obliquus externus abdominis
  (noun) abdominal external oblique muscle
  (noun) ab
  (noun) abdominal
  (noun) abdominal muscle
  (noun) case
  (noun) grammatical case
antonyms
  (adjective) parallel
  (adjective) perpendicular
  (noun) nominative
related terms
  (adjective) convergent
  (adjective) divergent
  (adjective) diverging
  (adjective) inclined
similar terms
  (adjective) bias
  (adjective) cata-cornered
  (adjective) catacorner
  (adjective) cater-cornered
  (adjective) catercorner
  (adjective) catty-corner
  (adjective) catty-cornered
  (adjective) crabwise
  (adjective) diagonal
  (adjective) indirect
  (adjective) kitty-corner
  (adjective) kitty-cornered
  (adjective) nonparallel
  (adjective) oblique-angled
  (adjective) sideways


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