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oblique noun
ಅರ್ಥ : Any grammatical case other than the nominative.
ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : oblique case
The category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb.
nominative, nominative case, subject caseಅರ್ಥ : A diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso.
ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : abdominal external oblique muscle, external oblique muscle, musculus obliquus externus abdominis
oblique adjective
ಅರ್ಥ : Slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
The oblique rays of the winter sun.
Acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles.
The axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base.
Being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting.
Parallel lines never converge.Concentric circles are parallel.
Dancers in two parallel rows.
parallel
ಅರ್ಥ : Indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way. Misleading.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
Used devious means to achieve success.
Gave oblique answers to direct questions.
Oblique political maneuvers.
ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : devious
