Definition for Obliqueness:

• the property of being neither parallel nor perpendicular, but at a slanting angle

Synonyms for Obliqueness:

• n.

  •attribute (noun)
  • obliqueness.
  •deviousness (noun)
  • deviousness.
  •evasion (noun)
  • shunning,
  • dodging,
  • stonewall,
  • excuse,
  • trickery,
  • ruse,
  • run-around,
  • dodge,
  • prevarication,
  • Fudging,
  • sophism,
  • pretext,
  • cunning,
  • shift,
  • trick,
  • routine,
  • circumvention,
  • slip,
  • lie,
  • shuffling,
  • Evading,
  • subterfuge,
  • stall,
  • artifice,
  • sophistry,
  • evasiveness,
  • shirking,
  • equivocation,
  • Equivocating,
  • ditch.
  •slope (noun)
  • deviation,
  • bias,
  • downgrade,
  • skew,
  • tip,
  • lean,
  • bevel,
  • diagonal,
  • bend,
  • bank,
  • descent,
  • cant,
  • declination,
  • shelf,
  • abruptness,
  • declivity,
  • rise,
  • sway,
  • gradient,
  • hill,
  • inclination,
  • pitch,
  • leaning.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • periphrasis,
  • uncommunicative,
  • en passant,
  • circumlocution,
  • unstated,
  • implicature,
  • mealy-mouthed,
  • reticent,
  • telegraph,
  • insinuate.
  •
  • imply,
  • veiled,
  • oblique,
  • implicit,
  • parry,
  • hint.
  •
  • fudge,
  • implication,
  • get at,
  • evade,
  • hedge,
  • convey.
  •
  • skirt.
  •
  • broad.

Antonyms for Obliqueness:

• n.

  • evasion
    facing, honesty, directness, meeting, openness, reality, truth, frankness.
  • slope
    level, upgrade, evenness.
  • Other antonyms:
    incisiveness, definiteness, legibility, visibility, readableness, readability, comprehensibility, intelligibility, clearness, certainty, incision, distinctness, exactness, tangibleness, brightness, forthrightness, tangibility, Self-evidence, obviousness, palpability, plainness, surety, straightforwardness.

Obliqueness Sentence Examples:

• 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."

• She did as much as obliqueness of vision and sharpness of feature could help her to do to cut him in the presence of her party: and he would not take nay.

Hyponym for Obliqueness:

• n.

  • attribute
    spatiality, spatial property.