See oblique in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "double-oblique"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "nonoblique"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique angle"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique arch"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique arytenoid"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique ascension"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique bridge"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique case"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique circle"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique contour"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique cord"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique correction"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique dash"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique dendrite"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique effect"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique fabric"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique fire"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique flank"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique foliation"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique fracture"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique head"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique icebreaker"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique illumination"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique intent"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique ligament"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique line"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "obliquely"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique motion"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique muscle"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique narration"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "obliqueness"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique order"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique plane"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique projection"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique pyramid"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique reflection"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique rhyme"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique ridge"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique sailing"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique shock"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique spaceship"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique speech"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique sphere"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique stem"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique step"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique strain"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "Oblique Strategies"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique subject"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oblique-swimming triplefin"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"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"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "single-oblique"
},
{
"_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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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "frm",
"3": "oblique"
},
"expansion": "Middle French oblique",
"name": "uder"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "oblīquus (also spelled oblīcus)",
"4": "",
"5": "slanting, sideways, indirect, envious"
},
"expansion": "Latin oblīquus (also spelled oblīcus) (“slanting, sideways, indirect, envious”)",
"name": "uder"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle French oblique, from Latin oblīquus (also spelled oblīcus) (“slanting, sideways, indirect, envious”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "obliquer",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "obliquest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "er"
},
"expansion": "oblique (comparative obliquer, superlative obliquest)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"ob‧lique"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Italic fonts are sometimes described as oblique in typographic terminology.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"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": "quote"
},
{
"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.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Not erect or perpendicular; not parallel to, or at right angles from, the base."
],
"id": "en-oblique-en-adj-iY6QGGk2",
"links": [
[
"erect",
"erect"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "aslant"
},
{
"word": "askew"
},
{
"word": "slanting"
},
{
"word": "inclined"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "šeġ",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "շեղ"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kos",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "кос"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "naklonen",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "наклонен"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "oblic"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "šikmý"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "křivý"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zkosený"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kosý"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "schuin"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "oblikva"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "vino"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "schräg"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "schief"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "oblique"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "dokhmós",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "δοχμός"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "loxós",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "λοξός"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "ferde"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "rézsútos"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "dőlt"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "döntött"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "obliquo"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "oblīquus"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "hōtiu"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "not perpendicular",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "kōnana"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "tītaha"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "hāhā"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "skjev"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "skeiv"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "scheef (nds)"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "oblíquo"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kosój",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "косо́й"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "naklónnyj",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "накло́нный"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pokátyj",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "пока́тый"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skóšennyj",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "ско́шенный"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "jihma",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "जिह्म"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "šikmý"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "skosený"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "naklonený"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "oblicuo"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "skev"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "sned"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "snedställd"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "lutande"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "talibas"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "chěe",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "เฉ"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "eğik"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "naxýlenyj",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "нахи́лений"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 11 2 10 2 4 2 6 4",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "poxýlyj",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "похи́лий"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The email from HR obliquely informed her that some complaints about her had been received.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"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": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Not straightforward; indirect; by implication; (sometimes even) obscure, ambiguous, or confusing."
],
"id": "en-oblique-en-adj-At2nsI5q",
"links": [
[
"straightforward",
"straightforward"
],
[
"indirect",
"indirect"
],
[
"implication",
"implication"
],
[
"obscure",
"obscure"
],
[
"ambiguous",
"ambiguous"
],
[
"confusing",
"confusing"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "6 44 17 6 1 2 1 19 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "neprjak",
"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"word": "непряк"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 44 17 6 1 2 1 19 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zaobikolen",
"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"word": "заобиколен"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 44 17 6 1 2 1 19 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"word": "oblic"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 44 17 6 1 2 1 19 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nepřímý"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 44 17 6 1 2 1 19 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kosý"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 44 17 6 1 2 1 19 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zvrhlý"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 44 17 6 1 2 1 19 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"word": "indirect"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 44 17 6 1 2 1 19 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"word": "epäsuora"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 44 17 6 1 2 1 19 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"word": "kiero"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 44 17 6 1 2 1 19 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"word": "hämäräperäinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 44 17 6 1 2 1 19 2",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "loxós",
"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"word": "λοξός"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 44 17 6 1 2 1 19 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"word": "homályos"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 44 17 6 1 2 1 19 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"word": "burkolt"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 44 17 6 1 2 1 19 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"word": "közvetett"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 44 17 6 1 2 1 19 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"word": "sanda"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 44 17 6 1 2 1 19 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"word": "alattomos"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 44 17 6 1 2 1 19 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"word": "obliquo"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 44 17 6 1 2 1 19 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "okólʹnyj",
"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"word": "око́льный"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 44 17 6 1 2 1 19 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kósvennyj",
"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"word": "ко́свенный"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 44 17 6 1 2 1 19 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neprjamój",
"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"word": "непрямо́й"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 44 17 6 1 2 1 19 2",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"word": "krivýnepriamy"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 44 17 6 1 2 1 19 2",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"word": "pokrivený"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 44 17 6 1 2 1 19 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"word": "oblicuo"
},
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "schräg"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
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"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
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"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "λοξός"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "ferde"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "rézsútos"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
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"code": "it",
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "not perpendicular",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "hāhā"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
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"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "scheef (nds)"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
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"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
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"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
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"code": "sa",
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"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "जिह्म"
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"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "naklonený"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "oblicuo"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
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"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "talibas"
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
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"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "เฉ"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "eğik"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
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"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "нахи́лений"
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"code": "uk",
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"sense": "not erect or perpendicular",
"word": "похи́лий"
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"code": "bg",
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"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
"word": "непряк"
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"code": "bg",
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"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
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"code": "hu",
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"word": "burkolt"
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"code": "hu",
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"word": "közvetett"
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"code": "hu",
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"word": "sanda"
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"code": "hu",
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"word": "alattomos"
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"code": "it",
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"word": "obliquo"
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (8a39820 and 4401a4c). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.