obliquely
/əˈbliːkli/
obliquely adverb: in an oblique manner; sideways.
Adverb
obliquely (comparative more obliquely, superlative most obliquely)
- In an oblique manner; sideways.
- Then, advancing obliquely towards us, came a fifth.1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 99
- Finally I descended the hill, obliquely, towards the trees I had seen.1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 206
- Synonyms:
- sidelong
obliquely meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
obliquely in Tamil
- கோணல்
obliquely in Urdu
- کنایتن
obliquely in Bengali
- তীর্যক ভাবে, আড়াআড়ি ভাবে
obliquely in Malayalam
- slantwise, diagonally, at an angle
- ചരിഞ്ഞ്, ചെരിഞ്ഞ്, ചാഞ്ഞ്, ചരിവായി, പ്രാദ്ധ്വം, വളവായി
- in a roundabout way, indirectly, not in so many words
- പരോക്ഷമായി, വക്രമായി, വളഞ്ഞുതിരിഞ്ഞ്, ചുറ്റിവളഞ്ഞ്, കുടിലഗതിയായി, കാടുകേറി
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- obliquely in Sanskrit
- तिरस् tirás
Examples of obliquely in a sentence
- In his speech, the candidate obliquely referenced the past failures of his opponent.
- The email from HR obliquely informed her that some complaints about her had been received.
- They found out obliquely that she had heard from HR about the comments and was taking some time to absorb the sting of an implied reprimand.
Synonyms of obliquely
Forms of obliquely
| comparative | more obliquely |
|---|---|
| superlative | most obliquely |
Origin of obliquely
From oblique + -ly.
Words that rhyme with obliquely
Questions about obliquely
- What does obliquely mean?
- Obliquely means in an oblique manner; sideways.
- What is obliquely in Tamil?
- Obliquely in Tamil is கோணல். See Obliquely meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is obliquely?
- Obliquely is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce obliquely?
- Obliquely is pronounced /əˈbliːkli/.
Words near obliquely in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: obliquely (page history and authors); obliquely (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); obliquely (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); obliquely (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); obliquely (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); तिरस् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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