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Synonyms for obliquely
The synonym for obliquely recorded in this bank is diagonally, in the sense "at a slanting angle, neither straight up-and-down nor straight across". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for obliquely
- diagonallyadverb, in the sense "at a slanting angle, neither straight up-and-down nor straight across"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for obliquely.
at a slanting angle, neither straight up-and-down nor straight across
The scar ran obliquely across his cheek, neither vertical nor horizontal.
The true synonym
diagonally
Same sentence, swapped: The scar ran diagonally across his cheek, neither vertical nor horizontal.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot obliquely is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- faintly
- jaggedly
- permanently
Where obliquely turns up in the game
obliquely is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play obliquely
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so obliquely reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from shapes at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. obliquely carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.