Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Obliquely \Ob*lique"ly\, adv.
   In an oblique manner; not directly; indirectly. ``Truth
   obliquely leveled.'' --Bp. Fell.

         Declining from the noon of day, The sun obliquely
         shoots his burning ray.                  --Pope

         His discourse tends obliquely to the detracting from
         others.                                  --Addison.

Source : WordNet®

obliquely
     adv 1: to, toward or at one side; "darting eyes looking sidelong
            out of a wizened face" [syn: {sidelong}, {sideways}]
     2: at an oblique angle; "the sun shone aslant into his face"
        [syn: {aslant}, {athwart}]