Obliquely
[ə'bli:kly,-'blai-]
Definition
(adv.) at an oblique angle; 'the sun shone aslant into his face'.
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Definition
(adv.) In an oblique manner; not directly; indirectly.
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Examples
- In 1784, Mr. Bramah obtained a patent for a propeller similar in its forms to the vanes of a windmill, which by acting obliquely on the water as it revolved, pushed the boat forward. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Archer was silent, and Mr. Jackson obliquely continued: It's a pity--it's certainly a pity--that she refused it. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- At their bases there is a short subsidiary row of obliquely transverse lamellae. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The blanks, as the steel before it has teeth is called, are laid on the anvil and struck with the chisel, which rests obliquely on the blank, each blow raising a ridge or tooth. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The ray _RO_ (Fig. 65) passes obliquely through the air to the surface of the water, but, on entering the water, it is bent or refracted and takes the new path _OS_. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- They began, obliquely, by talking about Mrs. Lemuel Struthers. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- It is necessary that the ends of the tubes should be cut off obliquely. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
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