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inclined
Forming an angle with another line, plane, or body
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  1. Forming an angle with another line, plane, or body
  2. Having a preference, disposition, or tendency:
  3. At or on a slant; sloping; leaning
angled
Having an angle
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  1. Having an angle
  2. Set at an angle
diagonal
Joining two vertices of a polyhedron not in the same face.
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  1. Joining two vertices of a polyhedron not in the same face.
  2. Moving or extending obliquely, esp. at a 45° angle; slanting
  3. Relating to or being the front left and back right feet or the front right and back left feet of a quadruped.
skew
(--- Mathematics) Neither parallel nor intersecting. Used of straight lines in space.
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  1. (--- Mathematics) Neither parallel nor intersecting. Used of straight lines in space.
  2. Having a part or arrangement that is so turned, as in gearing having the shafts neither parallel nor intersecting
  3. Placed or turned to one side; asymmetric.
askew
To one side or out of proper alignment; awry:
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  1. To one side or out of proper alignment; awry:
asymmetrical
Not symmetrical.
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  1. Not symmetrical.
  2. (Of a question) Presenting a false dilemma, or a choice between two things which are not opposites.
awry
Wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss.
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  1. Wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss.
  2. Turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place.
strained
Done with or marked by excessive effort; forced:
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  1. Done with or marked by excessive effort; forced:
  2. Not natural or relaxed; forced
  3. Twisted; wrenched:
sideways
(Informal) Positioned sideways (with a side to the front).
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  1. (Informal) Positioned sideways (with a side to the front).
  2. Moving or directed toward one side.
  3. With the side forward:
aslant
Slanting
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  1. Slanting
  2. At a slant; obliquely.
obscure
Not readily noticed or seen; inconspicuous:
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  1. Not readily noticed or seen; inconspicuous:
  2. So faintly perceptible as to lack clear delineation; indistinct:
  3. Out of sight; hidden:
circuitous
Roundabout; indirect; devious
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  1. Roundabout; indirect; devious
  2. Being or taking a roundabout, lengthy course:
  3. Characterized by indirectness, evasiveness, or complexity, as in action or language:
roundabout
Indirect; circuitous:
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  1. Indirect; circuitous:
  2. Not straight or straightforward; indirect; circuitous
  3. Characterized by indirectness, evasiveness, or vagueness:
beveled
Having a bevel, especially at an edge
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  1. Having a bevel, especially at an edge
bias
Slanting or diagonal; oblique:
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  1. Slanting or diagonal; oblique:
  2. Slanting; diagonal
biased
Marked by or exhibiting bias; prejudiced:
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  1. Marked by or exhibiting bias; prejudiced:
diagonal
Having slanting markings, lines, etc.
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  1. Having slanting markings, lines, etc.
  2. Relating to or being the front left and back right feet or the front right and back left feet of a quadruped.
  3. Moving or extending obliquely, esp. at a 45° angle; slanting
anfractuous
Full of twists, turns, and windings; roundabout; tortuous
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  1. Full of twists, turns, and windings; roundabout; tortuous
circuitous
Being or taking a roundabout, lengthy course:
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  1. Being or taking a roundabout, lengthy course:
  2. Characterized by indirectness, evasiveness, or complexity, as in action or language:
  3. Roundabout; indirect; devious
circular
Moving in or forming a circle.
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  1. Moving in or forming a circle.
  2. In the shape of a circle; round
  3. Using a premise to prove a conclusion that in turn is used to prove the premise:
devious
Departing from the correct or accepted way; erring:
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  1. Departing from the correct or accepted way; erring:
  2. Away from a main road or course; distant or removed.
  3. Deviating from the straight or direct course; roundabout:
indirect
Diverging from a direct course; roundabout.
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  1. Diverging from a direct course; roundabout.
  2. Reporting the exact or approximate words of another with such changes as are necessary to bring the original statement into grammatical conformity with the sentence in which it is included:
  3. Not direct
roundabout
Encircling; enclosing; surrounding
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  1. Encircling; enclosing; surrounding
  2. Characterized by indirectness, evasiveness, or vagueness:
  3. Not straight or straightforward; indirect; circuitous
tortuous
Highly involved; complex:
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  1. Highly involved; complex:
  2. Having or marked by repeated turns or bends; winding or twisting:
  3. Not straightforward; circuitous; devious:
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Sentence Examples

  • Their mouth is of moderate width, oblique, and armed with small but firmly set teeth.

  • The typical Siamese is of medium height, well formed, with olive complexion, darker than the Chinese, but fairer than the Malays, eyes well shaped though slightly inclined to the oblique, nose broad and flat, lips prominent, the face wide across the cheek-bones and the chin short.

  • The greatness of the thickness, as it has been measured, is also due in part to the oblique position in which the beds of sediment were originally deposited.

  • Note thick walls and oblique slit-like pits with opposite inclination on the two sides of the cell seen in surface view.

  • But even with homogeneous light it would be unreasonable to expect an oblique direction of perfect polarization.

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