noun
Meaning 1
Synonym of obliquity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: obliquity
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
obliqueness
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noun
Meaning 2
the quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: deviousness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: indirectness
noun
Meaning 3
the property of being neither parallel nor perpendicular, but at a slanting angle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: spatial property, spatiality
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English oblique Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English obliqueness From oblique + -ness.