Reneé made oblique references to his drinking problem.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Albeit in an oblique fashion, Soviet Socialist Realism thus influenced the development of western high art.
Also it should be lit at night and have traffic cones placed in an oblique line on the approach to it.
Both conventional and oblique viewing are possible.
It was only in such oblique ways that he referred to his state of deserted, now divorced, husband.
Press him too closely about his family, though, and he becomes oblique and evasive.
She changed the subject when I posed an oblique question about the boys' father.
She gave me an oblique look.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY►oblique reference
an oblique reference to his drinking problem
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES►an oblique reference
(=not direct)· He added, in an oblique reference to the US, that ‘some countries could do more’.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN►angle
· After a few embarrassed minutes the mourners slowly departed, leaving Flaubert jammed into the ground at an oblique angle.· You can make it look two or three times thicker that way, by cutting on a really oblique angle.· Coastal Refraction alters the bearings, particularly when bearings are at an oblique angle to the coastline. 6.· One is to enter a drama at an oblique angle to the main issue.
►reference
· Cuthbert's oblique reference to Aldfrith in his reply seems to have satisfied her.· The story of Aphrodite does include an oblique reference to Demeter.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY►oblique line/stroke etc
Also it should be lit at night and have traffic cones placed in an oblique line on the approach to it.
The apparent movement of both the lion and the Cupids along an imaginary, oblique line is largely responsible for this effect.
The gill openings were arranged in an oblique line as in lampreys.
►oblique angle
After a few embarrassed minutes the mourners slowly departed, leaving Flaubert jammed into the ground at an oblique angle.
Coastal Refraction alters the bearings, particularly when bearings are at an oblique angle to the coastline. 6.
One is to enter a drama at an oblique angle to the main issue.
You can make it look two or three times thicker that way, by cutting on a really oblique angle.
1not expressed in a direct waySYN indirect: an oblique reference to his drinking problem2not looking, pointing etc directly at something: an oblique glance3oblique line/stroke etc a sloping line etc4oblique angle technical an angle that is not 90 degrees—obliquely adverb