obliqueness

Examples

• All

• In her first dialogue with Teodoro, she is a mistress of obliqueness.

  Academic text (2000)

• The obliqueness of Velasquez's position within the painting is similar to that obliqueness of whether he's stepfather and so forth.

• There was something sheeted about them—some obliqueness that made them difficult to grasp.

  Academic text (1997)

• The distancing strategy thus enacts superior, confrontive, and distant footings, while the engaging style establishes a relationship based on equality, solidarity, and obliqueness (14-42).

  Academic text (1994)

• His obliqueness in addressing the issue left everyone confused about his true intentions.

• The teacher pointed out the obliqueness in the student's argument, suggesting a need for clearer reasoning.

• Her obliqueness in her responses made it hard to understand what she really thought about the project.

Synonyms

E

evasiveness

vsobliqueness

3 7.4

Avoiding giving a direct answer so people do not know what you really think

is broader covering not being direct even when not intentionally avoiding answers

I

indirection

vsobliqueness

2 8.8

Saying or doing things in a roundabout way instead of being direct

is the general quality of being not direct rather than the method used

I

indirectness

vsobliqueness

1 6.1

Not saying something clearly to avoid offending someone or to hide the real meaning

is the common label for that same not direct quality in speech or action

C

circuitousness

vsobliqueness

9.2

Being indirect and not easy to follow

is the broader notion of being not direct in meaning or action

I

inexplicitness

vsobliqueness

9.8

A lack of clear meaning in words or instructions

emphasizes not being direct in meaning, action, or course rather than only unclear wording

Antonyms

C

clarity

152 3.0

How easy it is to understand what someone says or writes

D

directness

6 3.4

Honest, clear words and actions that say exactly what you mean

How Direct

directness

6 3.4

straightforwardness

1 5.0

obliqueness

8.9

indirectness

1 6.1

evasiveness

3 7.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology