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Examples of obliquely
obliquely
Boehner obliquely addressed the critiques Friday at his regular news conference.
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They are obliquely ironic as a result of trying to withstand political scrutiny.
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Chen's case has now been obliquely and fleetingly mentioned in the state media.
From the rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com
Last week's trip was at least obliquely an attempt to erase lingering resentment.
From the time.com
It was heartrending to hear a 53 year-old man to talk even obliquely of death.
From the telegraph.co.uk
It was her parents who were obliquely responsible for her change in direction.
From the guardian.co.uk
In the premiere, two of the women obliquely refer to their own absent fathers.
From the latimes.com
If political clout was among its aims, it was reflected only obliquely in The Bee.
From the sacbee.com
MacDonald knew the risks, and approached Japan obliquely in order to minimise them.
From the economist.com
- Sidelong: to, toward or at one side; "darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face"
- At an oblique angle; "the sun shone aslant into his face"
- (oblique) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; "the oblique rays of the winter sun"; "acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles"; "the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base"
- (oblique) any grammatical case other than the nominative
- (oblique) devious: indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading; "used devious means to achieve success"; "gave oblique answers to direct questions"; "oblique political maneuvers"
- External oblique muscle: a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso
- (Oblique (album)) Oblique is an album by jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson. The album was originally recorded in 1967 and issued as catalog number GXF-3061 in Japan in 1980. It was remastered and re-released on CD as a part of the Rudy Van Gelder Edition in 2005 with different cover artwork.
- Oblique (2008) is a film by the Norwegian artist Knut u00C5sdam (1968).
- In an oblique manner; sideways
