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Obliquely

//əˈbliːkli// adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In an oblique manner; sideways.

    "Then, advancing obliquely towards us, came a fifth."

Adverb
  1. 1
    at an oblique angle wordnet
  2. 2
    to, toward or at one side wordnet

Etymology

From oblique + -ly.

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