Oblique vs. Italic
Obliqueadjective
Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.
Obliqueadjective
Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.
Obliqueadjective
Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
Obliqueadjective
(botany) Of leaves, having the base of the blade asymmetrical, with one side lower than the other.
Obliqueadjective
(botany) Of branches or roots, growing at an angle that is neither vertical nor horizontal.
Obliqueadjective
(grammar) Pertaining to the oblique case (non-nominative).
Obliqueadjective
(music) Employing oblique motion, motion or progression in which one part (voice) stays on the same note while another ascends or descends.
Obliquenoun
(geometry) An oblique line.
Obliquenoun
synonym of slash⟨/⟩.
Obliquenoun
(grammar) The oblique case.
Obliqueverb
(intransitive) To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction.
Obliqueverb
(military) To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; — formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left.
Obliqueverb
To slant (text, etc.) at an angle.
Obliqueadjective
Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.
Obliqueadjective
Not straightforward; indirect; obscure;
Obliqueadjective
Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
Obliquenoun
An oblique line.
Obliqueverb
To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction.
Obliqueverb
To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; - formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left.
Obliquenoun
any grammatical case other than the nominative
Obliquenoun
a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso
Obliqueadjective
slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angular;
Obliqueadjective
indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading;
Italicadjective
Designed to resemble a handwriting style developed in Italy in the 16th century.
Italicadjective
Having letters that slant or lean to the right; oblique.
Italicnoun
(typography) A typeface in which the letters slant to the right.
Italicnoun
An oblique handwriting style, such as used by Italian calligraphers of the Renaissance.
Italicadjective
Relating to Italy or to its people.
Italicadjective
Applied especially to a kind of type in which the letters do not stand upright, but slope toward the right; - so called because dedicated to the States of Italy by the inventor, Aldus Manutius, about the year 1500.
Italicnoun
An Italic letter, character, or type (see Italic, a., 2.); - often in the plural; as, the Italics are the author's. Italic letters are used to distinguish words for emphasis, importance, antithesis, etc. Also, collectively, Italic letters.
Italicnoun
a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right
Italicnoun
a branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is the chief representative
Italicnoun
a typeface with letters slanting upward to the right
Italicadjective
characterized by slanting characters;
Italicadjective
of or relating to the Italic languages;
Italicadjective
relating to or denoting the branch of Indo-European languages that includes Latin, Oscan, Umbrian, and the Romance languages.
Italicnoun
the Italic group of languages.
