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yaramaz
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| Oblique I am. |
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dmb
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| Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 12:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Doesn't oblique refer to any case which is neither nomitive or vocative? |
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Gordon
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| Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 12:40 pm Post subject: |
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| dmb wrote: |
| Doesn't oblique refer to any case which is neither nomitive or vocative? |
I thought obliques were abdominal muscles.  |
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yaramaz
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| Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 2:25 pm Post subject: |
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Oblique:
adj.
Having a slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined.
Mathematics. Designating geometric lines or planes that are neither parallel nor perpendicular.
Botany. Having sides of unequal length or form: an oblique leaf.
Anatomy. Situated in a slanting position; not transverse or longitudinal: oblique muscles or ligaments.
 Indirect or evasive: oblique political maneuvers. Devious, misleading, or dishonest: gave oblique answers to the questions. Not direct in descent; collateral.
Grammar. Designating any noun case except the nominative or the vocative.
n.
An oblique thing, such as a line, direction, or muscle.
Nautical. The act of changing course by less than 90�. |
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yaramaz
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| Posted: Wed May 04, 2005 2:26 pm Post subject: |
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| To wit, I was being indirect or evasive. Cryptic, perhaps. |
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