obliquement
French, adverb/ɔ.blik.mɑ̃/
obliquement is spelled O-B-L-I-Q-U-E-M-E-N-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 85,597th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Obliquement is a French adverb meaning “at an angle; at a tilt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “D’une manière oblique”.
What does obliquement mean in English?
adverb
- 1
at an angle; at a tilt
- 2
obliquely
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. D’une manière oblique. 2. D’une manière insidieuse, qui n’est ni droite, ni franche. 3. Indirectement.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce obliquement?
- /ɔ.blik.mɑ̃/
- \ɔ.blik.mɑ̃\
- [o.bl̪ik.mɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is obliquement in French?
obliquement appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).