Had it been an oblique reference to her size?
And even then, it was only an oblique reference.
His speech contained some oblique references to the president, but no direct challenges.
A number of stories make oblique or explicit reference to Invasion!
The older man talks about heaven and makes oblique references to the war.
The war at that time devastating Europe received only a single oblique reference.
The girl disliked even such oblique reference to her past.
He did not like that oblique reference to his status as a eunuch.
He took the answer as a kind of oblique reference to the Libby case.
Some of these plays may contain oblique references to the Stanley family's political position at the time.