obliquely

It might be better to come at the thing obliquely.

For him, race and nation are related obliquely if at all.

Now she could see obliquely along the side of the truck.

They did not talk about earth directly but came at it obliquely.

He could always try asking, but it would have to be done obliquely.

They were being stirred by the case he was making, however obliquely.

I asked how many of the court were here, and she paused, looking down at me obliquely.

I looked at him obliquely again, worried about his mental state.

Even obliquely, he could see the pain in them, the devastation.

But most of the 32 artists approach their theme obliquely.

But, being a proper writer, he has done so obliquely and in a book.

Smith followed him, but in the open area he was forced to speak obliquely.

Like the Government official, people in this situation usually try to handle the problem obliquely.

She had a very good idea what, or rather whom, they were discussing so obliquely.

She did open the subject to the girl next morning, approaching it obliquely.

"I am in search of that which is strong for what we need," she answered obliquely.

She turned her head to glance obliquely back at him, surprised.

T was sure you'd know all about it,' he said obliquely.

The trick, experts say, is to approach the market obliquely.

Even many of the supportive comments were only obliquely so.

By the fifth date, he had started talking about marriage, obliquely.

"No," But the woman smiled obliquely, almost before the question.

Several times, significant events are obliquely mentioned without any explanation of what made them important.

He asked very obliquely: "Is there one who understands me?"

At best, it only referred to such things obliquely and indirectly.