obliquely

Example Sentences

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Steeped in first-person portraiture, the film depicts peripheral characters obliquely, like a shadow without a body.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

Many schools referred only obliquely to the newly confrontational relationship between the federal government and higher ed in commentary accompanying their investment returns.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

The audience is visible obliquely off to the side or in raking shots.

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2024

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, however, remarked obliquely that "he had never heard of him".

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2024

He looked at me obliquely with darkening eyes, but would say no more.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya