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Oblique vs Whimperative - What's the difference?

oblique | whimperative |

As a verb oblique

is .

As a noun whimperative is

(pragmatics) an order or imperative phrased obliquely as a question, such as "would you mind closing the window?".

oblique

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.
  • * Cheyne
    • It has a direction oblique to that of the former motion.
  • Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.
  • * Drayton
    • The love we bear our friends Hath in it certain oblique ends.
  • * De Quincey
    • This mode of oblique research, when a more direct one is denied, we find to be the only one in our power.
  • * Wordsworth
    • Then would be closed the restless, oblique eye / That looks for evil, like a treacherous spy.
  • Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
  • * Baker
    • His natural affection in a direct line was strong, in an oblique but weak.
  • (botany, of leaves) Having the base of the blade asymmetrical, with one side larger or extending further than the other.

    • Derived terms

    * oblique angle * oblique arch * oblique ascension * oblique bridge * oblique case * oblique circle * oblique fire * oblique flank * oblique line * oblique motion * oblique muscle * oblique narration * oblique plane * oblique sailing * oblique speech * oblique sphere * oblique step * oblique system of coordinates

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (geometry) An oblique line.
  • The punctuation sign "/"
  • (grammar) The oblique case.

    • Verb

  • To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction.
  • * Projecting his person towards it in a line which obliqued from the bottom of his spine. - Sir. W. Scott.
  • (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.
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    whimperative

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pragmatics) An order or imperative phrased obliquely as a question, such as "would you mind closing the window?"
  • *{{quote-book, 1970, , Studies Presented to Robert B. Lees by His Students citation
    • , passage=Since whimperatives look like questions, the lowest hypersentence must be interrogative.}}
  • *{{quote-book, 2007, , The Stuff of Thought citation
    • , passage=We see this in the way that whimperatives use pro forma openings like Can you'' rather than other wordings with the same meaning, such as ''Are you capable of passing the salt? }}