Defn: To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; — formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left.
OBLIQUE-ANGLED
Ob*lique"-an`gled, a.
Defn: Having oblique angles; as, an oblique-angled triangle.
OBLIQUELY
Ob*lique"ly, adv.
Defn: In an oblique manner; not directly; indirectly. "Truth
obliquely leveled." Bp. Fell.
Declining from the noon of day, The sun obliquely shoots his burning
ray. Pope
His discourse tends obliquely to the detracting from others. Addison.
OBLIQUENESS
Ob*lique"ness, n.
Defn: Quality or state of being oblique.
OBLIQUITY Ob*liq"ui*ty, n.; pl. Obliquities. Etym: [L. obliquitas: cf. F. obliquité.]
1. The condition of being oblique; deviation from a right line; deviation from parallelism or perpendicularity; the amount of such deviation; divergence; as, the obliquity of the ecliptic to the equator.
2. Deviation from ordinary rules; irregularity; deviation from moral rectitude. To disobey [God]…imports a moral obliquity. South.