1 Oblique remarks are not direct, so that the real meaning is not immediately clear: --
She made several oblique references to the current financial situation.
2 a slash : --
Fractions can be written with an oblique, for example 2/3.
3 one of the muscles that lies in a sloping direction from the middle of the body : --
He made an oblique reference to their relationship.
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
Vi kan slutföra det steg för steg hur lång vägen än är och den kan inte slutföras hur kort vägen än är om du inte ens markerar ditt fotavtryck.