oblique
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oblique f pl
| singolare | plurale | |
|---|---|---|
| maschile | obliquo | obliqui |
| femminile | obliqua | oblique |
- femminile plurale di obliquo
- o | blì | que
vedi obliquo
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oblique (comparativo more oblique, superlativo most oblique)
- obliquo
- It has a direction oblique to that of the former motion (Cheyne)
- indiretto
- oscuro
- perverso
- sinistro
- The love we bear our friends . . . Hath in it certain oblique ends (Drayton)
- This mode of oblique research, when a more direct one is denied, we find to be the only one in our power (De Quincey)
- Then would be closed the restless, oblique eye. That looks for evil, like a treacherous spy (Wordworth)
- His natural affection in a direct line was strong, in an oblique but weak (Baker)
- (botanica) foglie aventi la base asimmetrica, con un lato più lungo/largo dell' altro
oblique (pl.: obliques)
to oblique
- deviare da una linea perpendicolare
- muoversi in direzione obliqua
- Projecting his person towards it in a line which obliqued from the bottom of his spine. (Sir. W. Scott)
- (militare) marciare in direzione obliqua alla linea del plotone
dal latino obliquus
- oblique angle, oblique arch, oblique ascension, oblique bridge, oblique case, oblique circle, oblique fire, oblique flank, oblique line, oblique motion, oblique muscle, oblique narration, oblique planes, oblique sailing, oblique speech, oblique sphere, oblique step, oblique system of coordinates
oblique
- obliquamente, trasversalmente
- (senso figurato) indirettamente, in modo subdolo
- italiano
- Enrico Olivetti, Dizionario Italiano Olivetti edizione on line su www.dizionario-italiano.it, Olivetti Media Communication
- inglese
- WordReference.com, Versione on-line Italiano-Inglese
- latino
- Enrico Olivetti, Dizionario Latino Olivetti edizione on line su www.dizionario-latino.com, Olivetti Media Communication