Both Uses of
oblique
in
All Quiet on the Western Front
- The next throw whizzes obliquely over the corner and clears a passage; as we run past we toss handfuls down into the dug-outs, the earth shudders, it crashes, smokes and groans, we stumble over slippery lumps of flesh, over yielding bodies; I fall into an open belly on which lies a clean, new officer's cap.†
Chpt 6
- We are in a crater, the English are coming down obliquely, they are turning our flank and working in behind us.†
Chpt 11 *
Definition:
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(oblique as in: an oblique reference) indirect; i.e., not straightforward