Meaning of それとなく in Japanese

Definition of それとなく

それとなく(soretonaku) 【それと無く ·其れと無く ·其れとなく】

(adv) indirectly; obliquely
彼の手紙はその事件にそれとなくふれている。
His letter alludes to the event.

I'm going to have dinner with him tomorrow night, so I'll feel him out then.

彼女かのじょは彼のかれ不品行ふひんこうにそれとなくふれた。

She made an allusion to his misconduct.

She took my hint and smiled.

彼のかれ手紙てがみはその事件じけんにそれとなくふれている。

His letter alludes to the event.

The article alludes to an event now forgotten.

Jim suggested that the teacher might be wrong.