One of the mysteries of the English language finally explained.
Synonyms of oblique in English:
oblique
See definition of oblique
adjective
1‘an oblique line’
SYNONYMS
slanting, slanted, sloping, at an angle, angled, diagonal, aslant, slant, slantwise, sloped, inclined, inclining, tilted, tilting, atilt, skew, on the skew, askew
Scottish squint
North American cater-cornered, catty-cornered, kitty-corner
ANTONYMS
straight
2‘an oblique reference to the president’
SYNONYMS
indirect, inexplicit, roundabout, circuitous, circumlocutory, implicit, implied, elliptical, evasive, backhanded
rare circumlocutionary, ambagious
ANTONYMS
direct, explicit
3‘he cast her an oblique glance’
SYNONYMS
sidelong, sideways, furtive, covert, sly, surreptitious
noun
1
SYNONYMS
slash, forward slash, solidus, oblique stroke, backslash, diagonal, virgule, slant