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indirectly

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in·di·rect  (nd-rkt, -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.
indi·rectly adv.
indi·rectness n.
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Adv.1.indirectly - not in a forthright manner; "he answered very indirectly"
flat, straight, directly - in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly; "he didn't answer directly"; "told me straight out"; "came out flat for less work and more pay"
indirectly
adverb 1. by implication, in a roundabout way, circumlocutorily
adverb 2. obliquely, in a roundabout way, evasively, not in so many words, circuitously, periphrastically
Translations
indirectly [ɪndɪˈrɛktlɪ] adv → indirectamente
indirectly [ɪndɪˈrɛktlɪ] adv → indirectement
indirectly [ɪndɪˈrɛktlɪ] indirect adv → indirekt
indirectly [ɪndɪˈrɛktlɪ] adv → indirettamente


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If we resort for a criterion to the different principles on which different forms of government are established, we may define a republic to be, or at least may bestow that name on, a government which derives all its powers directly or indirectly from the great body of the people, and is administered by persons holding their offices during pleasure, for a limited period, or during good behavior.
Federalist Papers Authored by James Madison by Madison, James View in context
Hence, after fruitless attempts to suppress such investigations indirectly by making them liable to a heavy tax, the Legislature, in comparatively recent times, absolutely prohibited them.
Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context
That is to say, they take their meals in the captain's cabin, and sleep in a place indirectly communicating with it.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
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