oblique
adjective
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indirect in departing from the accepted or proper waydevious
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slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled“the oblique rays of the winter sun”
noun
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a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torsoexternal oblique musclemusculus obliquus externus abdominisabdominal external oblique muscle
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any grammatical case other than the nominativeoblique case