obliquely

English

Etymology

From oblique +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈbliːkli/

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• Rhymes: -iːkli

Adverb

obliquely (comparative more obliquely, superlative most obliquely)

1. In an oblique manner; sideways.
   • 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 99:

     Then, advancing obliquely towards us, came a fifth.

   • 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:

     Finally I descended the hill, obliquely, towards the trees I had seen.