obliquely

Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. in an indirect or slanting manner.

Example Sentences

The sunlight shone obliquely through the window.

She glanced obliquely at her watch.

The detective questioned the suspect obliquely.

Her remarks were obliquely critical of the government.

He hinted obliquely at his true intentions.

The road twisted obliquely up the mountain.

The artist painted the scene obliquely, capturing a unique perspective.

Her smile was obliquely charming, hinting at hidden depths.

He approached the topic obliquely, trying to avoid direct confrontation.

The cat stalked obliquely towards its prey.

Real-world Examples

Over goes the summit, ridge, pinnacles, and all, standing off obliquely in the opposite air.

Source: American Original Language Arts Volume 5

It is obliquely set and as a result, its posterosuperior part is more lateral than its antero-inferior part.

Source: Daily Life Medical Science Popularization

I therefore scrambled back eastward, descending the southern slopes obliquely at the same time.

Source: The Mountains of California (Part 1)

They began, obliquely, by talking about Mrs. Lemuel Struthers.

Source: The Age of Innocence (Part One)

At their bases there is a short subsidiary row of obliquely transverse lamellae.

Source: On the Origin of Species

These obliquely related words are rather unfortunately called the ugly sister of the target.

Source: TED Talks (Video Edition) April 2021 Collection

He turned into Washington Square, struck across it obliquely, and walked up University Place.

Source: Humans and Ghosts (Part 1)

Perhaps what Leonard is obliquely referring to is the occurrence of some sort of sexual disfunction.

Source: The Big Bang Theory (Video Version) Season 3

We can understand them, but only obliquely, glimpsing Him, as it were, out of the corners of our eyes.

Source: Catholicism

Aristotle thought that a projectile hurled obliquely into the air would first describe a gentle curve and then fall vertically to the earth.

Source: Sophie's World (Original Version)

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