Sample Sentences foroblique (editor-reviewed)
oblique as in: an oblique reference
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She gave oblique answers to direct questions.oblique = indirect
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The oblique rays of the setting sun are not as strong.oblique = indirect or slanted
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The architect designed the building with oblique angles to create a more dynamic and unconventional silhouette.oblique = slanted (not ninety degrees)
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Instead of addressing the issue directly, he made an oblique reference to the budget cuts during the meeting.oblique = indirect
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I do so in the hope that my experiences will throw some oblique light on the enigma of Chris McCandless. (source)
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He had apologized to me many times in many ways before, but his apologies had always been oblique, "Eat with me, Dana." (source)
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Oblique winds from left to right, or right to left, are designated as half value winds.† (source)
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Somewhere, I had received the impression that Fine Folks were people who did the best they could with the sense they had, but Aunt Alexandra was of the opinion, obliquely expressed, that the longer a family had been squatting on one patch of land the finer it was. (source)obliquely = indirectly
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He looked at her with gloomy obliqueness.† (source)standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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We have ten frames, low obliques, five each bow and stern, and one from each perspective is undeveloped so that Somers can work on them fresh.† (source)
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Still, why did Elena have to be so oblique about everything?† (source)
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She tried looking at the mouth, at the thin, almost colorless lips, and this was more possible, even though she had to look obliquely, so that she was not sure exactly what the face really looked like, whether it was young or old, cruel or kind, human or alien. (source)obliquely = indirectly or at an angle
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They had become almost as oblique as Denny himself.† (source)
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She walked obliquely away across the grass as though trying to get rid of him, then seemed to resign herself to having him at her side. (source)
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The hotel's silence seemed to mock him with echoes which were almost there, sly and oblique.† (source)
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Along the terrace, then down the slope towards the sea-obliquely-to the end of the island where loose rocks went out into the water. (source)obliquely = indirectly or at an incline
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