How many syllables in oblique?

There are 3 syllables in the word oblique.

How to pronounce oblique:

oblique (adjective):: indirect or evasive; neither perpendicular nor parallel inclined; slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled.

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