indirect
Part of speech: adverb
Indirectly.
Part of speech: noun
INDIRECTNESS.
Part of speech: adjective
Not direct; roundabout; inferential; equivocal.
Part of speech: noun
Indirection.
Usage examples "indirect":
- If he can't get much of a look in by direct means, he'll try indirect ones, and depression is one of his favourite indirect methods. - "Antony Gray,--Gardener", Leslie Moore.
- Its value is more indirect than direct. - "Logic, Inductive and Deductive", William Minto.
- By an indirect law it is accorded to those who, forgetting self, give and thereby lose their lives in human service. - "The Higher Powers of Mind and Spirit", Ralph Waldo Trine.