oblique
adjective
neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping.
obliqueness
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a word derived from
oblique.
Example Sentences
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In an introductory author’s note, she says her goal is “to tell stories in what I regard as the most honest way possible: by accepting language’s inherent obliqueness and using it to the story’s advantage.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2023
There’s an intentional obliqueness, the traces of a narrative that are blurred and contorted by the characters.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2022
Perhaps Cin felt that the obliqueness would create tension, but it mainly disorients the reader.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 3, 2021
I was taken with Chang-dong Lee’s beloved Burning, in which Steven Yeun is as much of a riot as advertised and the varnished obliqueness of debut actress Jong-seo Jeon is truly beguiling.
From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2019
And as for all words, Mrs. Hockin met them with an obtuse obliqueness; so that after a day or two it was settled that nothing could be done about "Miss Wood."
From Erema — My Father's Sin by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
