(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:31:35

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.

 

© Webster 1913.

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