adj .
indirect ; at an angle 간접적인 ; 비스듬한

• In geometry, lines are said to be oblique if they are neither parallel nor perpendicular to one another. The word has related meaning outside of mathematics. An oblique statement is one that does not directly address the topic at had, that approaches it as if from an angle.
• An allusion could be said to be an oblique reference.
  마시란 간접적인 언급이라고 할 수 있다.
• An oblique argument is one that does not directly confront its true subject.
• To insult someone obliquely is to do so indirectly.
  obliquely 하게 모욕한다는 것은 간접적으로 모욕하는 말을 한다는 뜻이다.
• Harry sprinkled his student council speech with oblique references to the principal's new toupee ; the principal is so dense that he never figured out what was going on, but the rest of us were rolling on the floor.
  해리는 학생회의 시간에 교장의 새 가발에 대해 간접적으로 언급하며 떠들어댔다 ; 교장은 워낙 둔한 사람이라 무슨 일이 일어나고 있는지 알지 못했다. 그러나 우리들은 배꼽을 잡고 웃었다.