obliquein a sentence
oblique as in: an oblique reference
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She gave oblique answers to direct questions.oblique = indirect
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The oblique rays of the setting sun are not as strong.oblique = indirect or slanted
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I do so in the hope that my experiences will throw some oblique light on the enigma of Chris McCandless. (source)oblique = indirect
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Somewhere, I had received the impression that Fine Folks were people who did the best they could with the sense they had, but Aunt Alexandra was of the opinion, obliquely expressed, that the longer a family had been squatting on one patch of land the finer it was. (source)obliquely = indirectly
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She tried looking at the mouth, at the thin, almost colorless lips, and this was more possible, even though she had to look obliquely, so that she was not sure exactly what the face really looked like, whether it was young or old, cruel or kind, human or alien. (source)obliquely = indirectly or at an angle
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He had apologized to me many times in many ways before, but his apologies had always been oblique, "Eat with me, Dana." (source)oblique = indirect
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When Sylvia walked through downtown Torrance with her family, she noticed oblique glances from passersby.† (source)
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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. (source)obliquely = indirectly or at an angle
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But Dick, made more angry by this obliqueness and the use of the word blunder, turned away and began arranging his effects, saying: "It's too bad about the young women.† (source)standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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We have ten frames, low obliques, five each bow and stern, and one from each perspective is undeveloped so that Somers can work on them fresh.† (source)
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Somehow I landed facedown, which forced the antenna to a strongly oblique angle that put a lot of torque on the hole in the suit.† (source)
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Along the terrace, then down the slope towards the sea-obliquely-to the end of the island where loose rocks went out into the water. (source)obliquely = indirectly or at an incline
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He looked at her with gloomy obliqueness.† (source)
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Jimmy said this indifferently: bad plan for him to show too much interest in any woman, in the presence of Crake: oblique mockery would follow.† (source)
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Then he inquired about how she and Edgar were holding up, commenting obliquely on how tired they looked.† (source)
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He looked at her with gloomy obliqueness.† (source)
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