Megawati's 2009 race was overshadowed by her calls to change Indonesia's voter registration procedure, obliquely suggesting that Yudhoyono's supporters were trying to manipulate the vote.

"I don't know what the book is," Cerryl suggested obliquely, hoping Tellis would offer a clue.

Officials here suggest obliquely that both countries are trying to use the bill's passage to obtain concessions from Japan on other issues, especially large-scale financial aid.

But he obliquely suggested that Southern voters have different priorities from those voiced at the convention.

The information in the journal (as John Huffam suggests obliquely at the end of the book) is a key to reinterpreting all the events.

The Bush administration is arguing in support of the program while suggesting obliquely that the court should dismiss the case, a step many people think is quite likely.

Pravda said many buildings seemed to have too much sand in the concrete used in their construction and suggested obliquely that those who ignored the warnings of seismologists might be criminally liable.

And there is something chaotic about the jumble of written memoirs, which obliquely suggest the inner workings of a failing mind.

Mr. Grajeda suggested obliquely that if there was any wrongdoing in the case, it was probably on the part of Mr. Reyes.

He obliquely suggested that the protesters prompted the widespread shootings by inciting the troops.