indirect
adjective
not direct; specif.,
- not straight; deviating; roundabout
- not straight to the point, or to the person or thing aimed at: an indirect reply
- not straightforward; not fair and open; dishonest: indirect dealing
- not immediate; secondary: an indirect result
See indirect in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(ĭnˌdĭ-rĕktˈ, -dī-)
adjective- Diverging from a direct course; roundabout.
a. Not proceeding straight to the point or object.
b. Not forthright and candid; devious.
- Not directly planned for; secondary: indirect benefits.
- 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.
- Logic Involving, relating to, or being the proof of a statement by the demonstration of the impossibility or absurdity of the statement's negation.
- 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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