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Definition: Obliquely |
ObliquelyAdverb1. To toward or at one side; "darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face". 2. At an oblique angle; "the sun shone aslant into his face". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "obliquely" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Synonyms: ObliquelySynonyms: aslant (adv), athwart (adv), sidelong (adv), sideways (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Deviation | Obliquely, sideling, like the move of the knight on a chessboard. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | It divided into two streets, the one turning off obliquely to the left, the other to the right |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Obliquely" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Obliquely" is used about 138 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 138 | 27,024 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "obliquely": obliquely-striking. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "obliquely"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | косо (awry, cockeye, sidewards, sideways, slantways, slantwise), наклонено (atilt), по заобиколен начин. (various references) | |
Chinese | 倾斜地. (various references) | |
Danish | krydse skaevt (to cross obliquely), asymmetrisk forsnævret bækken (obliquely contracted pelvis). (various references) | |
Dutch | schuin oversteken (to cross obliquely), scheef vernauwd bekken (obliquely contracted pelvis), coxitisch bekken (obliquely contracted pelvis). (various references) | |
Finnish | viistossa (askew, diagonally), viistoon (askew, diagonally). (various references) | |
French | obliquement. (various references) | |
German | schräg (askew, aslant, at an angle, bevel, beveled, diagonal, diagonally, fishy, inclinated, inclined, leaning, oblique, off the straight, on the bias, on the cross, on the slant, skew, slanted, slanting, slantwise, slantwisely, sloped, sloping, sloppily, squint eyed, suspicious, transversal, weird). (various references) | |
Greek | έγκλισις της πυέλου (obliquely contracted pelvis), διασχίζω πλαγίως (to cross obliquely). (various references) | |
Hebrew | אלכסו ית (crosswise, diagonally), בשפוע, בעקיפין (circuitously, indirectly), באלכסון (aslant, diagonally, slantwise). (various references) | |
Hungarian | rézsútosan (aslope, on the skew, on the slant, slantwise, thwart), burkoltan (snide). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 斜めに (diagonally, slantingly, slantwise), 其れと無く (indirectly). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ななめに (diagonally, slantingly, slantwise), それとなく (indirectly). (various references) | |
Korean | 비스"하게. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | obliquelyay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | de soslaio (askance, askant). (various references) | |
Romanian | oblic (aslant, asquint, athwart, bias, diagonal, inclined, oblique, sidelong, skew, slanting, sloping, splay, squint, transverse), pieziş (askew, aslant, asquint, awry, hostile, oblique, scowling, slanting, splay, wry). (various references) | |
Russian | косвенно (by implication, by indirection, by interaction, circuitously, indirectly, sidewards). (various references) | |
Scottish | siar (move obliquely, sideways, westward). (various references) | |
Spanish | oblicuamente (askance, aslant, athwart, sidelong, sideward, sidewards, sideway, sideways, sidewise, slantwise). (various references) | |
Thai | อย่างอ้อมๆ, อย่างลา"เอียง. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | кружним шляхом, косо (askance, askew, aslant, aslope, athwart, awry, sidelong, sideway, sideways, sidewise, slant, slantwise, splay), похило (aslant, aslope, slantwise), побічно (indirectly). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Obliquely" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: obliguely, obliqely, obliquay, obliquety, obliquey. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "obliquely" (pronounced ōblē"klē) |
| 5 | -l ē" k l ē | sleekly. |
| 4 | -ē" k l ē | biweekly, meekly, uniquely, weakly, weekly. |
| 3 | -k l ē | academically, acoustically, aerobically, aerodynamically, aesthetically, alchemically, algebraically, alphabetically, analytically, anatomically, angelically, apologetically, artistically, astronomically, athletically, authentically, automatically, basically, biologically, blankly, briskly, brusquely, categorically, characteristically, chemically, chronologically, classically, cosmetically, darkly, democratically, demographically, diplomatically, dogmatically, domestically, dramatically, drastically, ecologically, economically, ecstatically, emphatically, energetically, enthusiastically, erratically, ethnically, euphemistically, fantastically, forensically, frankly, generically, genetically, geometrically, geopolitically, graphically, grotesquely, heroically, hypothetically, hysterically, ideologically, idiotically, ironically, likely, linguistically, logically, logistically, lyrically, mechanically, medically, metaphorically, microscopically, musically, newsweekly, numerically, optically, organically, paradoxically, pathologically, phonetically, physiologically, poetically, practically, prickly, prolifically, psychologically, publically, publicly, quickly, radically, realistically, rhetorically, rhythmically, sarcastically, sickly, slickly, sparkly, specifically, sporadically, starkly, stoically, strategically, stylistically, symmetrically, synthetically, systematically, systemically, terrifically, thematically, theologically, thickly, tragically, typically, uncharacteristically, undiplomatically, unlikely, unrealistically, vertically, volcanically. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-i-l-l-o-q-u-y" | |
-2 letters: oblique. | |
-3 letters: bluely, boulle, lobule. | |
-4 letters: belly, billy, bluey, boule, bully, libel, louie, obeli, quell, quill. | |
-5 letters: bell, bile, bill, blue, boil, bole, boll, bull, buoy, illy, lieu, lily, lobe, lube, obey, oily, quey, yell, yill, yule. | |
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