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obliquely, adv.|əˈbliːklɪ|
[f. oblique a. + -ly2.]
In an oblique manner.
1. In a slanting or sidelong direction or position; with deviation from the straight line or direct course; diagonally, or so as to make an oblique angle; aslant, slantwise.
1571[see oblique a. 2 a]. 1594Blundevil Exerc. iii. i. xxxi. (1636) 340 According as any portion of the Ecliptique riseth or setteth rightly or obliquely. 1615[see oblique a. 2 c]. 1634Peacham Gentl. Exerc. i. x. 33 The beames of the Sunne comming oblikely or sideway. 1660R. Coke Justice Vind. 10 The nearer the radii are reflected to right angles, the hotter it is: and the more obliquely they are reflected, the colder it is. 1725Pope Odyss. ix. 441 His neck obliquely o'er his shoulders hung. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. xvii. 120 Ramsay and myself crossed the mountains obliquely.
2. fig. In a way that is not direct or straightforward; by suggestion or implication; indirectly; with deviation from the point; † evasively; not straightforwardly, dishonestly, unfairly (obs.).
1601Bp. W. Barlow Defence 181 The scripture..worketh in vs faith, not obliquely, hoouerly, and ambiguously. 1646Trapp Comm. John ix. 20 They answer obliquely and over⁓warily. 1771Burke Let. to Bp. Chester Corr. 1844 I. 291, I shall think myself happy, if the subject of my defence..may be obliquely and accidentally the means of undeceiving you. 1816‘Quiz’ Grand Master v. Argt., In fact, the reader, very likely, Will find some truths, tho' told obliquely. 1881H. James Portr. Lady xxi, They approached each other obliquely, as it were, and they addressed each other by implication.
b. In or by oblique oration. (See oblique a. 5 b.)
1824L. Murray Eng. Gram. (ed. 5) I. 415 When a quotation is brought in obliquely after a comma, a capital is unnecessary. |