Oblique1. (a.) Slanting; neither parallel nor perpendicular; as oblique lines; not right, as an oblique triangle.
2. (a.) Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.
3. (a.) Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
4. (n.) An oblique line.
5. (v. i.) To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction.
6. (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.
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