oblique

1. Slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled (synset 301723103)
   "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"
   also:

   • convergent - tending to come together from different directions
   • divergent, diverging - tending to move apart in different directions
   • inclined - at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position
   similar to:

   • bias - slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric
   • cata-cornered, catacorner, cater-cornered, catercorner, catty-corner, catty-cornered, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered - slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line
   • crabwise, sideways - (of movement) at an angle
   • diagonal - connecting two nonadjacent corners of a plane figure or any two corners of a solid that are not in the same face
   • nonparallel - (of e.g. lines or paths) not parallel; converging
   • oblique-angled - having oblique angles
2. Indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way;
   Misleading (synset 300771658)
   "used devious means to achieve success"; "gave oblique answers to direct questions"; "oblique political maneuvers"
   similar to: indirect - extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action
   same as: devious

1. Any grammatical case other than the nominative (synset 106322324)
   is a type of: case, grammatical case - nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
   subtypes:

   • accusative, accusative case, objective case - the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb
   • dative, dative case - the category of nouns serving as the indirect object of a verb
   • genitive, genitive case, possessive, possessive case - the case expressing ownership
   • vocative, vocative case - the case (in some inflected languages) used when the referent of the noun is being addressed
   • ablative, ablative case - the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb
   same as: oblique case
2. A diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso (synset 105565472)
   is a type of: ab, abdominal, abdominal muscle - the muscles of the abdomen
   same as: abdominal external oblique muscle, external oblique muscle, musculus obliquus externus abdominis

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