What does obliquely mean?
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oblique·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
sidelong, sideways, obliquelyadverb
to, toward or at one side
"darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face"
obliquely, aslant, athwartadverb
at an oblique angle
"the sun shone aslant into his face"
Wiktionary
obliquelyadverb
in an oblique manner; sideways
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Obliquelyadverb
Etymology: from oblique.
Of meridian altitude, it hath but twenty-three degrees, so that it plays but obliquely upon us, and as the sun doth about the twenty-third of January. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Err.
Declining from the noon of day,
The sun obliquely shoots his burning ray. Alexander Pope, Ra. Locke.His discourse tends obliquely to the detracting from others, or the extolling of himself. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 255.
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obliquely
Obliquely generally refers to a manner that is not in direct way; indirectly, slanted, or at an angle. In context, it can also mean not being straightforward or to suggest or hint at something indirectly.
Webster Dictionary
Obliquelyadverb
in an oblique manner; not directly; indirectly
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of obliquely in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of obliquely in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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