in·di·rect ( n d-r kt , -d -)adj. 1. Diverging from a direct course; roundabout. 2. a. Not proceeding straight to the point or object. b. Not forthright and candid; devious. 3. Not directly planned for; secondary: indirect benefits. 4. Reporting the exact or approximate words of another with such changes as are necessary to bring the original statement into grammatical conformity with the sentence in which it is included: indirect discourse. 5. Logic Involving, relating to, or being the proof of a statement by the demonstration of the impossibility or absurdity of the statement's negation. 6. Sports Being a free kick in soccer by which a goal cannot be scored without the ball being touched by a second player. in di·rectly adv.in di·rectness n. |
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| Adv. | 1. | indirectly - not in a forthright manner; "he answered very indirectly" |
indirectly
adverb
1. by implication, in a roundabout way, circumlocutorily Drugs are indirectly responsible for the violence.
2. obliquely, in a roundabout way, evasively, not in so many words, circuitously, periphrastically He referred indirectly to the territorial dispute.
3. second-hand, on the grapevine (informal) He'd heard, indirectly, that I was a major opponent of their plan.
Translations
indirectly [ˌɪndɪˈrektlɪ] ADV [cause, refer to] → indirectamente; [answer] → con evasivas, evasivamente
to be indirectly responsible for sth → ser el responsable indirecto de algo
to be indirectly responsible for sth → ser el responsable indirecto de algo
indirectly [ˌɪndaɪˈrɛktli ˌɪndəˈrɛktli] adv
[refer] → indirectement
to be indirectly responsible for sth → être indirectement responsable de qch
indirect object n (GRAMMAR) → complément m d'objet indirect
indirect question n (mainly British) (GRAMMAR) → question f indirecte
indirect speech n (mainly British) (GRAMMAR) → discours m indirect
indirect tax n → impôt m indirect
indirect taxation n → imposition f indirecte
indirect object n (GRAMMAR) → complément m d'objet indirect
indirect question n (mainly British) (GRAMMAR) → question f indirecte
indirect speech n (mainly British) (GRAMMAR) → discours m indirect
indirect tax n → impôt m indirect
indirect taxation n → imposition f indirecte
indirectly
adv → indirekt
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