obliquely
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The poster’s striking abstractness is akin to Marmatakis’ earlier one-sheets for Lanthimos, which obliquely hint at his movies’ thorny thematic elements without spelling out the plot.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025
The theocrat would express his distrust of the Americans, caution his emissaries to be vigilant, but then obliquely defend their efforts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025
Even when he did write political songs, Bob never wades into the specifics other than “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll,” where he’s literally telling the story of some tragedy, he most often sings obliquely.
From Salon • Dec. 25, 2024
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, however, remarked obliquely that "he had never heard of him".
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2024
We’d discussed it obliquely, around the edges of other topics.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Vocabulary lists containing obliquely
A Wrinkle in Time
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"The Overcoat" by Nikolai Gogol
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