obliquely

o·blique  (-blk, -blk)

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 sides of unequal length or form: an oblique 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.

1. An oblique thing, such as a line, direction, or muscle.

2. Nautical The act of changing course by less than 90°.

adv. (-blk, -blk)

At an angle of 45°.

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

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o·bliquely adv.

o·bliqueness 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

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obliquely

adverb

1. 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

obliquely [əˈbliːklɪ] ADV (lit) → oblicuamente (fig) → indirectamente

obliquely [əˈbliːkli] adv

(= indirectly) [say, refer] → indirectement

[pass, run, go] → obliquement

obliquely

adv

→ schräg

(fig) → indirekt

obliquely [əˈbliːklɪ] adv (move) → obliquamente; (mention, allude) → indirettamente

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obliquely [əˈbliːklɪ] adv (move) → obliquamente; (mention, allude) → indirettamente