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Search phrase: oblique

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Troilus and CressidaTC V.i.52oblique memorial of cuckolds, a thrifty shoeing-hornoblique memoriall of Cuckolds, a thrifty shooing-horne

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Glossary

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across[of a lance] not straight, obliquely; awry, amiss
biasindirectness, obliqueness
bias[weighting in a bowl causing it to run obliquely] inclination, tendency, leaning
indirectroundabout, devious, oblique
obliqueindirectly resembling
obliquy[unclear meaning] oblique, obliquity; deviance, perversity
parableindirect means, oblique utterance, similitude

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obliqueobliquy
obliqueindirect
oblique utteranceparable
obliquelyacross
obliquenessbias
utterance, obliqueparable

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
OBLIQUEBASICoblique adj, obliquy n

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