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OBLIQUENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly
Synonyms:
deviousness; obliqueness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("obliqueness" is a kind of...):
indirectness (having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a goal)
Derivation:
oblique (indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The property of being neither parallel nor perpendicular, but at a slanting angle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("obliqueness" is a kind of...):
spatial property; spatiality (any property relating to or occupying space)
Derivation:
oblique (slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled)
