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obliquely |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Obliquely \Ob*lique"ly\, adv In an oblique manner; not directly; indirectly. ``Truth obliquely leveled.'' --Bp. Fell. Declining from the noon of day The sun obliquely shoots his burning ray. --Pope His discourse tends obliquely to the detracting from others --Addison. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: obliquely adv 1: to toward or at one side "darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face" [syn: {sidelong}, {sideways}] 2: at an oblique angle; "the sun shone aslant into his face" [syn: {aslant}, {athwart}]
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