o·bliq·ui·ty (ō-blĭk
wĭ-tē, ə-blĭk
-)
n. pl. o·bliq·ui·ties ► The quality or condition of being oblique.
► ■ A deviation from a vertical or horizontal line, plane, position, or direction.
■ The angle or extent of such a deviation.
► ■ A mental deviation or aberration.
■ Immoral conduct.
► ■ Obscurity in conduct or verbal expression: “It may be that the candor of contemporary literature creates a nostalgia for indirection, obliquity and deferral” (Anatole Broyard).
■ An obscure statement.
[TahlilGaran] American Dictionary ▲