🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

비스듬함

Pronunciation / Transliteration: biseudeumham

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Obliqueness/əˈbliːknəs/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그 그림의 비스듬함은 독특한 원근감을 만들어냈다."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The state or quality of being neither parallel nor at a right angle to a specified or implied line; slanting or inclination.

    "The distinct obliqueness of the tower added a unique architectural challenge."
  2. 2

    Deviation from moral, ethical, or straightforward standards; indirectness or evasiveness.

    "His speech was characterized by a frustrating obliqueness that concealed his true intentions."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from oblique (from Latin obliquus, meaning 'slanting, sideways') + -ness (suffix forming nouns denoting a state or quality).

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