oblique
/oʊˈbliːk/ adjetivo C2En español: oblicuo, enviajado
- Not erect or perpendicular; not parallel to, or at right angles from, the base. · Italic fonts are sometimes described as oblique in typographic terminology.
- 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.
- Disingenuous; underhand; morally corrupt.
- Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
- Having the base of the blade asymmetrical, with one side lower than the other.
- Growing at an angle that is neither vertical nor horizontal.
- Pertaining to the oblique case (non-nominative).
- 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.
Comparativo obliquer · Superlativo obliquest
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The interplay of ideas and the oblique uses of knowledge are often of extraordinary interest.
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