oblique

indirecto, velado

Que da a entender algo sin decirlo de forma directa o clara.

En inglés sencillo: Suggesting something without saying it directly or clearly.

• His oblique answer confused me.
• She made an oblique reference to the argument.
• Was that an oblique criticism of our work?

Cómo se usa: oblique reference to something (She made an oblique reference to his debts.)

Sinónimos: indirect, roundabout

Antónimos: direct, explicit

Expresiones frecuentes: oblique reference, oblique comment, oblique criticism, oblique answer

oblicuo, inclinado

Que va en diagonal, en vez de seguir una línea vertical u horizontal.

En inglés sencillo: Sloping at an angle rather than going straight up, down, or across.

• An oblique line crossed the page.
• Sunlight reached the wall at an oblique angle.
• The artist added several oblique strokes.

Sinónimos: slanting, slanted, diagonal

Expresiones frecuentes: oblique line, oblique angle, oblique type, oblique plane