S: (adj) oblique (slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled) "the oblique rays of the winter sun"; "acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles"; "the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base"
S: (adj) devious, oblique (indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading) "used devious means to achieve success"; "gave oblique answers to direct questions"; "oblique political maneuvers"