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oblique

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oblique

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Because it is a word with a single syllable, oblique is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.

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Definitions ofoblique

1noun
  • An oblique line.
  • (grammar) The oblique case.
1verb
  • To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction.
  • 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.
  • To slant (text, etc.) at an angle.
1adjective
  • Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.
  • Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.
  • Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
  • Of leaves, having the base of the blade asymmetrical, with one side lower than the other.
  • Of branches or roots, growing at an angle that is neither vertical nor horizontal.
  • (grammar) Pertaining to the oblique case (non-nominative).
  • (grammar) Of speech or narration, 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, adverbs of present time into the past, etc.
  • Employing oblique motion, motion or progression in which one part (voice) stays on the same note while another ascends or descends.
1noun
  • A slashing action or motion, particularly:
  • A mark made by a slashing motion, particularly:
  • Something resembling such a mark, particularly:
  • The loose woody debris remaining from a slash, (particularly forestry) the trimmings left while preparing felled trees for removal.

    Example: "Slash generated during logging may constitute a fire hazard."

  • Slash fiction.
1noun
  • A drink of something; a draft.
  • A piss: an act of urination.
1noun
  • A swampy area; a swamp.
  • A large quantity of watery food such as broth.
1noun
  • The period of a transitory breeze.
  • An interval of good weather.
  • The loose part of a rope; slack.

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