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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 |
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| Similar to | indirect |
| Derived from adjective | deviously → devious |
| Derivationally related form | obliquity → oblique; obliqueness → oblique |
| Derivationally related form | deviousness → devious |
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