Adverb
In an oblique manner; not directly; indirectly.
Source: Webster's dictionaryHe who discommendeth others obliquely commendeth himself. Thomas Browne
Painting will have to deal more fully and less obliquely with life and nature's phenomena before it can again become great. Edward Hopper
If you make some comment even obliquely alluding to menstruation or menopause and its effect on my judgment," Murphy interrupted, "I will break your arm in eleven places. Jim Butcher
Of course, sometimes when you write personally, you are also writing about society, obliquely reflecting topical issues, but not in a way that people would expect you to or in the way that someone trying to make a point would. Suzanne Vega
I am frozen by a mass which supports me. My elbow sinks into it. It is the horse's belly; its rigid leg obliquely bars the narrow circle from which my eyes cannot escape. Ah, it is dead! It seems to me that my breast is empty, yet still there is an echo in my heart. What I am looking for is life. Henri Barbusse
Families composed of rugged individualists have to do things obliquely. Florence King