Hypertext Webster Gateway: "obliquely"

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) 1.7 (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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