Obliquely
Definition: 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.
Webster’s 1913 Dictionary