Synonyms for oblique

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1. Slanting

   inclined, inclining, diverging, leaning, sloping, angled, diagonal, cater-cornered, kitty-cornered, unperpendicular, unvertical, skew, askew, asymmetrical, turned, twisted, awry, strained, askance, distorted, unhorizontal, off level, sideways, slanted, tipping, tipped, aslant, athwart, at an angle, skewwise, on the bias, skewy*, slaunchwise*, geewhacky*, northeast by southwest*; see also askew, awry, bent, crooked 1.

   Antonyms vertical*, perpendicular, straight.

2. Indirect

   obscure, circuitous, roundabout; see indirect, vague 2.