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type | s |
lex_filenum | 00 |
def | indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way |
def | misleading |
examples | used devious means to achieve success gave oblique answers to direct questions oblique political maneuvers |
Outgoing links | |
Similar to | indirect |
Derivationally related form | oblique → obliquity; oblique → obliqueness |
Derivationally related form | devious → deviousness |
Incoming links | |
Similar to | indirect |
Derived from adjective | deviously → devious |
Derivationally related form | obliquity → oblique; obliqueness → oblique |
Derivationally related form | deviousness → devious |
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