The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ASLANT , but the solution may also be ASKANCE which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in New York Times).
Obliquely crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ASLANT | 49 % | 6 |
| ASKANCE | 14 % | 7 |
| ASKANT | 14 % | 6 |
| ATASLANT | 3 % | 8 |
| ASKEW | 3 % | 5 |
| SIDEWAY | 3 % | 7 |
| SLANTWISE | 3 % | 9 |
| ATANANGLE | 3 % | 9 |
| SLANTWAYS | 3 % | 9 |
| ATHWART | 1 % | 7 |
| AWRY | 1 % | 4 |
| SIDEWAYS | 1 % | 8 |
| ASIDE | 1 % | 5 |
| SIDELONG | 1 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Obliquely
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- sidelong
- sideways
- aslant
- athwart
- truncate
- askance
- indirectly
- elliptically
- tangentially
- allusively
- perpendicularly
- glancingly
Crossword Answer definitions
ASLANT adjective- Slanting
- At a slant
- Diagonally over or across
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result ASLANT
- Tilted
- Listing
- At an angle
- Like those with poor grades?
- Not on the level
- Obliquely
- Not straight
- Leaning
- Having some inclination
- Inclined
More clues leading to the result ASKANCE
- Skeptical way to look
- With suspicion
- Distrustfully
- Look ___ (view with suspicion)
- Skeptically
- Suspicious way to look
- With disapproval
- Indirect way to look
- Obliquely
- Leerily
More clues leading to the result ASKANT
- Obliquely
- With suspicion
- With disapproval
- Like a sideways glance
- Dubiously
- Sideways.
- With a side glance.
- With a jaundiced eye.
- With suspicion.
- Obliquely.
More clues leading to the result ATASLANT
- Biased
- Obliquely
- Pitched
- Listing
- Like an escalator, and, aptly, like the six-letter word that begins where 40-Across ends
- Sloping
- Not level
- Tilted
- Sloping (hint, hint!)
- Crooked
More clues leading to the result ASKEW
- Off-center
- Distorted
- Not straight
- Not symmetrical
- Lopsided
- Off plumb
- Tilted
- Out of line
- Out of kilter
- Off balance
More clues leading to the result SIDEWAY
More clues leading to the result SLANTWISE
More clues leading to the result ATANANGLE
- Slanted
- Diagonally
- Not straight
- Obliquely
- Raked
- Listing
- Tilted
- Crooked
- Not true
- How parking lot lines are often painted
More clues leading to the result SLANTWAYS
More clues leading to the result ATHWART
- Crossways
- Opposing
- In opposition to
- From side to side
- Transversely
- Crosswise
- Crosswise.
- Across
- Obliquely
- Contrary to
More clues leading to the result AWRY
- Askew
- Haywire
- Out of kilter
- Twisted
- Crooked
- Off a bit
- Wrong
- Not according to plan, in a bad way
- Out of whack
- Off
More clues leading to the result SIDEWAYS
- Lateral motion
- Indirect
- 2004 movie set in California's wine country
- Like some leers
- 2004 nominee
- Obliquely.
- Crabwise
- Askance
More clues leading to the result ASIDE
- "All joking ____..."
- "All kidding __ ..."
- A private remark
- In reserve
- Line to the audience
- Stage whisper
- Step __ (resign)
- Words to the audience
- Private line
- "Joking ___ ..."