| indirect |
| 1. adj. Not direct; roundabout; deceiving; setting a trap; confusing. | |
| 2. n. Something that is indirect. | |
| 3. v. (programming, transitive) To access by means of indirection; to dereference. | |
| oblique |
| 1. adj. Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined. | |
| 2. adj. Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister. | |
| 3. adj. Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral. | |
| 4. adj. (botany) Of leaves, having the base of the blade asymmetrical, with one side lower than the other. | |
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| 5. adj. (botany) Of branches or roots, growing at an angle that is neither vertical nor horizontal. | |
| 6. adj. (grammar) Pertaining to the oblique case (non-nominative). | |
| 7. adj. (grammar) Of speech or narration, indirect, employing the actual words of the speaker, but as related by a third person, having the first person in pronoun and verb converted into the third person, ad | |
| 8. adj. (music) Employing oblique motion, motion or progression in which one part (voice) stays on the same note while another ascends or descends. | |
| 9. n. (geometry) An oblique line. | |
| 10. n. (typography) synonym of, slash, ⟨/⟩. | |
| 11. n. (grammar) The oblique case. | |
| 12. v. (intransitive) To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction. | |
| 13. v. (military) To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; — formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left. | |
| 14. v. (transitive, computing) To slant (text, etc.) at an angle. | |
| incidental |
| 1. adj. Loosely associated; existing as a byproduct, tangent, or accident; being a likely consequence. | |
| That character, though colorful, is incidental to the overall plot. | |
| 2. adj. Occurring by chance | |
| 3. adj. (physics, of radiation) Entering or approaching, prior to reflection (more frequently incident). | |
| 4. n. Minor items, not further defined. Incidental expense. | |
| She's costing us a lot in incidentals. | |
| 5. n. Something that is incidental. | |
