obliquely

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

obliquely
    adv 1: to, toward or at one side; "darting eyes looking sidelong
           out of a wizened face" [syn: {sidelong}, {sideways},
           {obliquely}]
    2: at an oblique angle; "the sun shone aslant into his face"
       [syn: {obliquely}, {aslant}, {athwart}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Obliquely \Ob*lique"ly\, adv.
   In an oblique manner; not directly; indirectly. "Truth
   obliquely leveled." --Bp. Fell.
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         Declining from the noon of day,
         The sun obliquely shoots his burning ray. --Pope
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         His discourse tends obliquely to the detracting from
         others.                                  --Addison.
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