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oblique noun
பொருள் : Any grammatical case other than the nominative.
ஒத்த சொற்கள் : oblique case
The category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb.
nominative, nominative case, subject caseபொருள் : A diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso.
ஒத்த சொற்கள் : abdominal external oblique muscle, external oblique muscle, musculus obliquus externus abdominis
oblique adjective
பொருள் : Slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled.
எடுத்துக்காட்டு :
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.
Being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting.
Parallel lines never converge.Concentric circles are parallel.
Dancers in two parallel rows.
parallel
பொருள் : Indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way. Misleading.
எடுத்துக்காட்டு :
Used devious means to achieve success.
Gave oblique answers to direct questions.
Oblique political maneuvers.
ஒத்த சொற்கள் : devious
