oblique
/əˈbliːk/
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American sound/əˈbliːk/
əˈbliːk
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
ə - ˈbliːk -> oblique
Myanmar meaning
(adj) စွေစောင်းသော။
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၁။ တိုက်ရိုက်မဟုတ်သော။ သွယ်ဝိုက်သော။ စောင်းပါးရိပ်ခြည်။ an oblique comment/hint/reference.
၂။ ရွှေစောင်းသော။
(also slash ) n မျဉ်းစောင်း။ (/)။ 4/5 people, male/female, lunch and/or dinner, 25/7/1949.
❏ obliquely adv သွယ်ဝိုက်၍။ စောင်းပါးရိပ်ခြည်။ refer to her problems only obliquely.
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slanting, slanted, at an angle, tilted, sloping, leaning, angled, askance, askew, aslant, asymmetrical, awry, backhanded, bent, bias, cater-cornered, circuitous, circular, circumlocutory, collateral, crooked, devious, diagonal, distorted, diverging, evasive, implicit, implied, inclined, inclining, indirect, obliquitous, obscure, on the bias, pitched, pitching, roundabout, sidelong, sideways, skew, sloped, strained, tilting, tipped, tipping, turned, twisted, vague
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