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"word": "oblique arytenoid"
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"word": "oblique correction"
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"word": "oblique dendrite"
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"word": "oblique effect"
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"word": "oblique fabric"
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"word": "oblique fire"
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"word": "oblique flank"
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"word": "oblique foliation"
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"word": "oblique fracture"
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"word": "oblique head"
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{
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"word": "oblique icebreaker"
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"word": "oblique illumination"
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"word": "oblique intent"
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"word": "oblique ligament"
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"word": "oblique line"
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"word": "obliquely"
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"word": "oblique motion"
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"word": "oblique muscle"
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"word": "oblique narration"
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"word": "obliqueness"
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"word": "oblique order"
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"word": "oblique plane"
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"word": "oblique projection"
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"word": "oblique pyramid"
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"word": "oblique reflection"
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"word": "oblique rhyme"
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"word": "oblique ridge"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique sailing"
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"word": "oblique shock"
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{
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"word": "oblique speech"
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"word": "oblique sphere"
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"word": "oblique stem"
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{
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"word": "oblique step"
},
{
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"word": "oblique strain"
},
{
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"word": "Oblique Strategies"
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"word": "oblique subject"
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{
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"word": "oblique-swimming triplefin"
},
{
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"word": "oblique system of coordinates"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique type"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique wing"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "obliquity"
},
{
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"word": "single-oblique"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "triple-oblique"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique stroke"
}
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"5": "slanting, sideways, indirect, envious"
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"etymology_text": "From Middle French oblique, from Latin oblīquus (also spelled oblīcus) (“slanting, sideways, indirect, envious”).",
"forms": [
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"comparative"
]
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{
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"pos": "adj",
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{
"ref": "1725, George Cheyne, Philosophical Principles of Religion, page 16",
"text": "when it has a Direction oblique to that of the former Motion, it is either added to, or subtracted from the former Motion",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1951 May, R. K. Kirkland, “The Cavan & Leitrim Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 344",
"text": "The roadside section of the tramway is limited to 12 m.p.h., except over the oblique road crossings, where speed is restricted to 4 m.p.h., with a compulsory stop immediately before.",
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"Not erect or perpendicular; not parallel to, or at right angles from, the base."
],
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{
"word": "aslant"
},
{
"word": "askew"
},
{
"word": "slanting"
},
{
"word": "inclined"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 9 2 4 3 6 3",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "šeġ",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "շեղ"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 9 2 4 3 6 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kos",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "кос"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 9 2 4 3 6 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "naklonen",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "наклонен"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 9 2 4 3 6 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "oblic"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 9 2 4 3 6 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "šikmý"
},
{
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
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"word": "křivý"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "zkosený"
},
{
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kosý"
},
{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "schuin"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 9 2 4 3 6 3",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "oblikva"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 9 2 4 3 6 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "vino"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 9 2 4 3 6 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "schräg"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 9 2 4 3 6 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "schief"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 9 2 4 3 6 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "oblique"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 9 2 4 3 6 3",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "dokhmós",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "δοχμός"
},
{
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"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "loxós",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "λοξός"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 9 2 4 3 6 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "ferde"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 9 2 4 3 6 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "rézsútos"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 9 2 4 3 6 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "dőlt"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 9 2 4 3 6 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "döntött"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 9 2 4 3 6 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "obliquo"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 9 2 4 3 6 3",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "oblīquus"
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{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 9 2 4 3 6 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "hōtiu"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 9 2 4 3 6 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "not perpendicular",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "kōnana"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 9 2 4 3 6 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "tītaha"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 9 2 4 3 6 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "hāhā"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 9 2 4 3 6 3",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "skjev"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 9 2 4 3 6 3",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "skeiv"
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{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 9 2 4 3 6 3",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "scheef (nds)"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 9 2 4 3 6 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "oblíquo"
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{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 9 2 4 3 6 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kosój",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "косо́й"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 9 2 4 3 6 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "naklónnyj",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "накло́нный"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 9 2 4 3 6 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pokátyj",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "пока́тый"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 9 2 4 3 6 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skóšennyj",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "ско́шенный"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 9 2 4 3 6 3",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "jihma",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "जिह्म"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 9 2 4 3 6 3",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "šikmý"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 9 2 4 3 6 3",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "skosený"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 9 2 4 3 6 3",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "naklonený"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 9 2 4 3 6 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "oblicuo"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 9 2 4 3 6 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "skev"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 9 2 4 3 6 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "sned"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 9 2 4 3 6 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "snedställd"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 9 2 4 3 6 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "lutande"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 9 2 4 3 6 3",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "talibas"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 9 2 4 3 6 3",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "chěe",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "เฉ"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 9 2 4 3 6 3",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "naxýlenyj",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "нахи́лений"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 9 2 4 3 6 3",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "poxýlyj",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "похи́лий"
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]
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{
"ref": "1840, Thomas De Quincey, “Style. No. II”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, page 387",
"text": "This mode of oblique research, where a more direct one is denied, we find to be the only one in our power.",
"type": "quotation"
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],
"glosses": [
"Not straightforward; obscure or confusing."
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"translations": [
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "neprjak",
"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"word": "непряк"
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{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zaobikolen",
"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"word": "заобиколен"
},
{
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"word": "oblic"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 37 21 7 1 2 2 21 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nepřímý"
},
{
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
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"masculine"
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"word": "kosý"
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{
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zvrhlý"
},
{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"word": "indirect"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 37 21 7 1 2 2 21 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"word": "epäsuora"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 37 21 7 1 2 2 21 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"word": "kiero"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 37 21 7 1 2 2 21 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"word": "hämäräperäinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 37 21 7 1 2 2 21 2",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "loxós",
"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"word": "λοξός"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 37 21 7 1 2 2 21 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"word": "homályos"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 37 21 7 1 2 2 21 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"word": "burkolt"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 37 21 7 1 2 2 21 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"word": "közvetett"
},
{
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"word": "sanda"
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{
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"word": "alattomos"
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{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"word": "obliquo"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 37 21 7 1 2 2 21 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "okólʹnyj",
"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"word": "око́льный"
},
{
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kósvennyj",
"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"word": "ко́свенный"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 37 21 7 1 2 2 21 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neprjamój",
"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"word": "непрямо́й"
},
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"word": "krivýnepriamy"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 37 21 7 1 2 2 21 2",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"word": "pokrivený"
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"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
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"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
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"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
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"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
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"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
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"code": "sk",
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"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
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"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"word": "oblicuo"
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"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"word": "förtäckt"
},
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"word": "indirekt"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"word": "undvikande"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "neprjak",
"sense": "not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral",
"word": "непряк"
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"code": "cs",
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "grammar: pertaining to the oblique case (non-nominative)",
"word": "függő"
}
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