obliquing

Variant of oblique

adjective

having a slanting position or direction; neither perpendicular nor horizontal; not level or upright; inclined
not straight to the point; not straightforward; indirect
evasive, disingenuous, underhanded, etc.
indirectly aimed at or attained: oblique results
Anat. designating or of any of certain muscles obliquely placed and attached
Bot. having the sides unequal, as some leaves
Geom. with its axis not perpendicular to its base: an oblique cone
Gram. designating or of any case except the nominative and the vocative

noun

an oblique angle, muscle, etc.

intransitive verb obliqued, obliquing

to veer from the perpendicular; slant

adverb

Mil. with a change of direction of approximately 45 degrees

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