indirectness

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.

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indi·rectly adv.

indi·rectness n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

indirectness - having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a goal characteristic - a distinguishing quality allusiveness - a quality characterized by indirect reference mediacy, mediateness - the quality of being mediate deviousness, obliqueness - the quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly discursiveness - the quality of being discursive directness, straightness - trueness of course toward a goal; "rivaling a hawk in directness of aim"

Translations

indirectness [ˌɪndɪˈrektnɪs] N → carácter m indirecto
the indirectness of his reply made it difficult to → su respuesta era tan evasiva or velada que era difícil ...

indirectness

n → Indirektheit f