obliquely

[ uh-bleek-lee, oh-bleek-; Military uh-blahyk-lee, oh-blahyk- ]

adverb

1. in an oblique manner or direction.

Word History and Origins

Origin of obliquely¹

First recorded in 1565–75; oblique + -ly

Example Sentences

City Attorney Mara Elliott obliquely accused Council President Sean Elo-Rivera of sexism Monday after he criticized her for announcing a proposed settlement she had reached before informing the City Council.

From Voice of San Diego

Still, Rhodes has been obliquely mentioned in other Capitol rioter court documents for months.

From The Daily Beast

Last but definitely not the least, in-market audiences are those customers who you do not directly target but still obliquely address in your search campaigns.

From Search Engine Watch

At the end of the meeting, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein obliquely took Republicans to task.

From The Daily Beast

And it also addressed, however obliquely, the concerns of his Palestinian constituents back home.

From The Daily Beast

The Afghan government will issue a news release obliquely blaming Pakistan.

From The Daily Beast

He obliquely alluded to the classified program during his State of the Union address in January.

From The Daily Beast

She has been linked on and off with rapper Kid Cudi, and has tweeted about him obliquely for months.

From The Daily Beast

Coming down upon each other obliquely, these broad streams meet about the middle of the tropical belt.

From Project Gutenberg

The whole was sometimes placed obliquely, or even turned upside down, doubtless for the same reason.

From Project Gutenberg

Her gaze was obliquely attentive to his face, rugged and battered by travel, sallow now, where it had once been bronze.

From Project Gutenberg

Instead, we may distinguish four main groups of roads radiating from London, and a fifth which runs obliquely.

From Project Gutenberg

The ford, though, was not right across; a ledge of rock traversed the river obliquely.

From Project Gutenberg

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