Oblique

ob-lek' or ob-lIk', a. Not erect or perpendicular; slanting; inclined: not straight forward; indifeet; underhand; not direct in descent; collateral. — v. i. [obliqued (ob-lekf or ob-likt'); obliquing.] To deviate from a perpendicular line. {Mil.) To move forward, either to the right or left, by stepping sidewise. — Oblique case, (dram.) Any case except the nominative.— Obliq'uity, -lik'wi-tl, ji. Condition of being oblique: deviation from right line, or from moral rectitude: irregularity.