obliquely

1. In an oblique manner; sideways.

   at an oblique angle

1. Tom dared not contradict Mary even obliquely.

   deTom wagte es nicht, Maria auch nur andeutungsweise zu widersprechen.

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2. He talks too obliquely like a Chinese.

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3. A Cantonese-speaking lady fruit seller shouted obliquely that I was something like a "brown lychee."

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