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obliquely en · ADV

Pronunciation

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• /əˈbliːkli/

Etymology

Etymology tree English oblique Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English obliquely From oblique + -ly.

Meanings

1. In an oblique manner; sideways.
   • Then, advancing obliquely towards us, came a fifth. 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 99:
   • Finally I descended the hill, obliquely, towards the trees I had seen. 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:
   • Somewhere, I had received the impression that Fine Folks were people who did the best they could with the sense they had, but Aunt Alexandra was of the opinion, obliquely expressed, that the longer a family had been squatting on one patch of land the finer it was. 1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:

Forms

Synonyms

sidelong

Translations (2)

es oblicuamente (in an oblique manner; sideways) · hu ferdén (in an oblique manner; sideways)