obliquely
/ə(ʊ)ˈbliːkli
/adverb
1Not in a direct way; indirectly: he referred only obliquely to current events...
- I have blogged about work (albeit obliquely).
- Understandably, pension officials abhor the notion of being linked to terrorism, even obliquely.
- Today however the President was to take the high road, referring only obliquely to his challenger.
Synonyms
diagonally, at an angle, slantwise, sideways, sidelong, aslant, athwart
literary aslope
indirectly, in a roundabout way, circuitously, evasively, not in so many words, not outright
2In an oblique direction; slantwise: the strings of the instrument run obliquely away from the player...
- The plant has 45 cm high clustered leafy stems with pinnately arranged pale green lance-shaped leaflets obliquely banded with pure white.
- The superior temporal gyrus is subdivided into two or more obliquely running, short, transverse temporal gyri.
- The four bristles which project obliquely from the lower edge of the valve are short.