obliquely
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The theocrat would express his distrust of the Americans, caution his emissaries to be vigilant, but then obliquely defend their efforts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025
Smith’s pregame message to his players only obliquely touched on the tragedy.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2025
“What’s Up?” then obliquely points out the structural forces at play within this struggle: “I realized quickly when I knew I should/That the world was made up of this brotherhood of man/For whatever that means.”
From Salon • May 26, 2025
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, however, remarked obliquely that "he had never heard of him".
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2024
She walked obliquely away across the grass as though trying to get rid of him, then seemed to resign herself to having him at her side.
From "1984" by George Orwell
Vocabulary lists containing obliquely
A Wrinkle in Time
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The Boys in the Boat
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"The Overcoat" by Nikolai Gogol
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