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| adj. | 1. indirect | having intervening factors or persons or influences.; "reflection from the ceiling provided a soft indirect light"; "indirect evidence"; "an indirect cause" |
| ~ mediate | acting through or dependent on an intervening agency.; "the disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact" |
| adj. | 2. indirect | not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination.; "sometimes taking an indirect path saves time"; "you must take an indirect course in sailing" |
| ~ askance, askant, asquint, sidelong, squint, squint-eyed, squinty | (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy.; "her eyes with their misted askance look"; "sidelong glances" |
| ~ circuitous, roundabout, devious | deviating from a straight course.; "a scenic but devious route"; "a long and circuitous journey by train and boat"; "a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic" |
| ~ diversionary | (of tactics e.g.) likely or designed to confuse or deceive. |
| ~ meandering, wandering, winding, rambling | of a path e.g..; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road" |
| ~ crooked | having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned.; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth" |
| adj. | 3. collateral, indirect | descended from a common ancestor but through different lines.; "cousins are collateral relatives"; "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts" |
| ~ related | connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage. |
| adj. | 4. indirect | extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action.; "making indirect but legitimate inquiries"; "an indirect insult"; "doubtless they had some indirect purpose in mind"; "though his methods are indirect they are not dishonest"; "known as a shady indirect fellow" |
| ~ allusive | characterized by indirect references.; "allusive speech is characterized by allusions" |
| ~ backhanded | roundabout or ambiguous.; "attacks from that source amounted to a backhanded compliment to his integrity"; "a backhanded and dishonest way of reaching his goal" |
| ~ circuitous, roundabout | marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct.; "the explanation was circuitous and puzzling"; "a roundabout paragraph"; "hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend" |
| ~ ambagious, circumlocutious, circumlocutory, periphrastic | roundabout and unnecessarily wordy.; "had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression"; "A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings." |
| ~ devious, oblique | indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading.; "used devious means to achieve success"; "gave oblique answers to direct questions"; "oblique political maneuvers" |
| ~ excursive, digressive, discursive, rambling | (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects.; "amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things"; "a rambling discursive book"; "his excursive remarks"; "a rambling speech about this and that" |
| ~ hearsay | heard through another rather than directly.; "hearsay information" |
| ~ mealy-mouthed, mealymouthed | hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy.; "a mealymouthed politician" |
| ~ tortuous | not straightforward.; "his tortuous reasoning" |
| adj. | 5. indirect | not as a direct effect or consequence.; "indirect benefits"; "an indirect advantage" |
| ~ secondary | being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate.; "the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher"; "a secondary source"; "a secondary issue"; "secondary streams" |
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