obliqueness

• Nom désignant la qualité d'être indirect, incliné ou non rectiligne, que ce soit dans la disposition physique ou dans l'expression.

A noun referring to the quality of being indirect, slanting, or not straightforward, either in physical alignment or in expression.

indénombrable

1. C1formal

   The property of being neither parallel nor perpendicular, but at a slanting angle.

   Obliquité (angle incliné)

   • The obliqueness of the tower made it a famous landmark.
   • Engineers measured the obliqueness of the support beams.
   • The artist used the obliqueness of the lines to create depth.

   Synonymesanglediagonalinclinationobliquityskewslant

2. IndirectnessC2formal

   The quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly, often in speech or writing.

   caractère indirect

   • His obliqueness in answering the question frustrated the interviewer.
   • The politician's obliqueness was a tactic to avoid a direct answer.
   • She appreciated the obliqueness of the poem's meaning.

   Synonymesdeviousnessequivocationevasivenessindirectnessvagueness

   Antonymesdirectnessfranknessstraightforwardness