All 3 Uses of
oblique
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- Upholding the lid he (who?) gazed in the coffin (coffin?) at the oblique triple (piano!)†
Chpt 11 *
- Shebronze, dealing from her oblique jar thick syrupy liquor for his lips, looked as it flowed (flower in his coat: who gave him?)†
Chpt 11
- In the second storey (rere) of his (Bloom's) house the light of a paraffin oil lamp with oblique shade projected on a screen of roller blind supplied by Frank O'Hara, window blind, curtain pole and revolving shutter manufacturer, 16 Aungier street.†
Chpt 17
Definitions:
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(1)
(oblique as in: an oblique reference) indirect; i.e., not straightforward
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, oblique can have other meanings that relate to the concept of slanting:- An oblique line is not parallel or perpendicular to its reference line.
- An oblique angle is not a right angle or a multiple of a right angle.
- An oblique muscle is one that runs at a slant relative to the long axis of the body or relevant limb--such as the abdominal obliques.