English Dictionary: obliquely | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Obliquely \Ob*lique"ly\, adv. In an oblique manner; not directly; indirectly. [bd]Truth obliquely leveled.[b8] --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. |