Meaning of INDIRECTLY
| Pronunciation: | | `indur'ektlee
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| | Definition: | | [adv] not in a forthright manner; "he answered very indirectly" |
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| | Antonyms: | | directly, flat, straight | | |
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| | Definition: | | \In`di*rect"ly\, adv.
In an direct manner; not in a straight line or course; not in
express terms; obliquely; not by direct means; hence,
unfairly; wrongly.
To tax it indirectly by taxing their expense. --A.
Smith.
Your crown and kingdom indirectly held. --Shak.
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| | Related Terms: | | at an angle, by proxy, circlewise, circuitously, deceitfully, deviately, deviously, digressively, divagationally, divergently, excursively, fraudulently, furtively, guilefully, in behalf of, insidiously, obliquely, on one side, round about, shiftily, sideling, sidelong, sideways, sidewise, surreptitiously, to one side, treacherously, trickily, underhandedly |
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