Oblique and Parallel

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Oblique adjective - Running in a slanting direction.

Usage example: in the painting the artist repeats the oblique line of the path with the oblique line of the outstretched arm

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Parallel is an antonym for oblique.

Nearby Words: obliquity, obliquely

Parallel adjective - Being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting.

Usage example: parallel lines never converge

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Oblique is an antonym for parallel.

Nearby Words: parallelize, parallelism, paralleled, paralleling, parallelise

subtle oblique

subtle parallel

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