obliquely

o·blique

O0011300 (ō-blēk′, ə-blēk′)adj.1. a. Having a slanting or sloping direction, course, or position; inclined.b. Mathematics Designating geometric lines or planes that are neither parallel nor perpendicular.2. Botany Having the part on one side of the midrib of a different size or shape than the part on the other side. Used of a leaf.3. Anatomy Situated in a slanting position; not transverse or longitudinal: oblique muscles or ligaments.4. a. Indirect or evasive: oblique political maneuvers.b. Devious, misleading, or dishonest: gave oblique answers to the questions.5. Not direct in descent; collateral.6. Grammar Designating any noun case except the nominative or the vocative.n. An oblique thing, such as a line, direction, or muscle.adv. (ō-blīk′, ə-blīk′) At an angle of 45°.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin oblīquus.]

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o·blique′ly adv.o·blique′ness n.

Thesaurus

Adv.	1.	obliquely - to, toward or at one side; "darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face"sidelong, sideways
	2.	obliquely - at an oblique angle; "the sun shone aslant into his face"aslant, athwart

obliquely

adverb1. indirectly, evasively, not in so many words, circuitously, in a roundabout manner or way He referred obliquely to a sordid event in her past.2. at an angle, sideways, diagonally, sidelong, aslant, slantwise, aslope The muscle runs obliquely downwards inside the abdominal cavity.

Translations

间接地

oblique

(əˈbliːk) adjective1. sloping. He drew an oblique line from one corner of the paper to the other. 斜的 斜的2. not straight or direct. He made an oblique reference to his work. 間接的 间接的oˈbliquely adverb 間接地 间接地