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indirect Definition

in·di·rect (in′də rekt′; occas., -dī-)

adjective

not direct; specif.,

  1. not straight; deviating; roundabout
  2. not straight to the point, or to the person or thing aimed at an indirect reply
  3. not straightforward; not fair and open; dishonest indirect dealing
  4. not immediate; secondary an indirect result

Etymology: ME < ML indirectus

indirect Related Forms
in′·di·rect′ly adverb in′·di·rect′·ness noun
indirect Synonyms

indirect

modif.

roundabout, circuitous, out-of-the-way, tortuous, twisting, long, complicated, devious, aberrant, erratic, sidelong, zigzag, crooked, backhanded, obscure, discursive, rambling, long-winded, secondary, incidental, subsidiary, auxiliary, implied, oblique.

Antonyms direct*, straight*, immediate.

indirect Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • discrimination: Examples of indirect sex discrimination are less likely to arise.
  • taxis: Indirect taxes have long been the province of European law.
  • taxation: The answer is for a massive shift to indirect taxation.
  • kick: The indirect free kick is not taken from the place where the attacker touched the ball in his own half.
  • ophthalmoscopy: Preparation Have your patient ready as for head-band indirect ophthalmoscopy previously described.
  • hernia: At laparoscopy a right indirect inguinal hernia was found to contain the appendix and some omentum.

Modifying Another Word

  • often: The relationship between personality disorder and dangerous behavior is complex and often indirect.
  • only: The educational action of the State must be, in the main, only indirect.
  • very: The first - voting, or even political activism - is very indirect.
  • also: There are also indirect effects of unauthorized system penetration.
  • however: They are required to provide details of all interests, however indirect.
  • fairly: Fairly indirect - it derives the proportion of expenditure on children in an intact family.

Used with adjective complement

  • oversee: Who oversees indirect likely to conduct is that the hopeless says herb.