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obliqueness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | deviousness |
| Type of | indirectness |
| Derivation | oblique |
obliqueness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | spatial property, spatiality |
| Derivation | oblique |
Examples of obliqueness
obliqueness
His vision lay in its essential privacy and obliqueness.
From the economist.com
The task of capturing in fiction Sonic Youth's obliqueness leaves lots of room for obtuse experiments.
From the latimes.com
At the same time, the need for obliqueness can also make the literary imagination more resourceful.
From the guardian.co.uk
But, finally, Eldridge's obliqueness is irritating.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
But the combined effect of all this stuff is faint indeed, a playful obliqueness that seems somewhat pointless.
From the charlotteobserver.com
By using stratagems of such seeming innocence and such Machiavellian obliqueness that the victim scarcely knows he has been pinked.
From the time.com
This moment reverberates because of the depth of Easy's personality, his complexity, his obliqueness, our inability to pin him down.
From the theatlantic.com
This cool obliqueness, combined with internal geometry faintly evocative of Cubism and Futurism, gives an impression of authorial detachment.
From the sfgate.com
The obliqueness of the references to the Dietrich legend, which is just the background to Hildebrand's story, indicates an audience thoroughly familiar with the material.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- The property of being neither parallel nor perpendicular, but at a slanting angle
- Deviousness: the quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly
- The characteristic of being oblique
