oblique

mastery
UK /əˈbliːk/ US /oʊˈbliːk/adjnounverb

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Which word is closest in meaning to 'oblique' in this sentence?

For the love we bear our friends, / Tho nere so strongly grounded, / Hath in it certain oblique ends / If to the bottome sounded