oblique

US /oʊˈbliːk/
UK /oʊˈbliːk/
1.

a muscle neither parallel nor perpendicular to the long axis of a body or limb.

2.

another term for

1.

neither parallel nor at a right angle to a specified or implied line; slanting.

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we sat on the settee oblique to the fireplace
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slantingslantedslopingat an angleangleddiagonalaslantslantslantwiseslopedinclinedincliningtiltedtiltingskewaskewsquintcater-corneredcatty-corneredkitty-corner
:
straight
2.

denoting any case other than the nominative or vocative.

1.