indirect

indirect
I Adjective allusive, ambagious, backhanded, circuitous, circumambulating, circumlocutory, covert, crooked, desultory, deviating, deviatory, devious, devius, digressing, digressive, excursive, hidden, implicit, labyrinthine, meandering, non rectus, oblique, obliquus, out of the way, periphrastic, periphrastical, rambling, roundabout, serpentine, sidelong, sinuous, tacit, tortuose, turning, twisting, understood, unexpressed, vagrant, wandering, winding, zigzag associated concepts: indirect benefit, indirect evidence, indirect interest, indirect notice, indirect result, indirect tax, indirect testimony II index allusive, astray, circuitous, circumstantial, collusive, constructive (inferential), deceptive, devious, discursive (digressive), furtive, insidious, labyrinthine, oblique (evasive), remote (not proximate), secondary, sinuous, surreptitious, tortuous (bending), virtual

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indirect
adj.
Circuitous or roundabout; not going straight from one point to another; not directly caused by something.

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  • indirect — indirect, e [ ɛ̃dirɛkt ] adj. • 1416; lat. indirectus ♦ Qui n est pas direct. 1 ♦ Qui n est pas en ligne droite, qui fait un ou plusieurs détours. ⇒ courbe, détourné. Itinéraire indirect. Éclairage indirect, qui éclaire par réflexion sur les… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • indirect — INDIRÉCT, Ă, indirecţi, te, adj. 1. (Adesea adverbial) Care nu este direct, care se produce, apare sau se obţine prin mijlocirea cuiva sau a ceva. 2. (lingv.; în sintagmele) Stil indirect sau vorbire indirectă = procedeu sintactic de redare a… …   Dicționar Român

  • indirect — indirect, ecte (in di rèkt, rèk t ; voy. DIRECT, pour la prononciation de la finale) adj. 1°   Qui n est pas direct. Chemin indirect. 2°   Fig. Qui suit une voie détournée. Avis indirect. Moyens indirects.    Louanges indirectes, celles qu on… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • Indirect — In di*rect , a. [Pref. in not + direct: cf. F. indirect.] [1913 Webster] 1. Not direct; not straight or rectilinear; deviating from a direct line or course; circuitous; as, an indirect road. [1913 Webster] 2. Not tending to an aim, purpose, or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • indirect — indirect, circuitous, roundabout are comparable when applied to ways, routes, or means with the meaning not leading by a straight path to a destination or goal. Indirect basically implies departure from the straight and short line between two… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • indirect — UK US /ˌɪndɪˈrekt/ adjective ► not done or communicated in a direct way: »We decided to take an indirect approach to tackling the problem of absenteeism. »He made only an indirect reference to what had happened at the meeting. ► happening in… …   Financial and business terms

  • indirect — [in΄də rekt′; ] occas. [, in΄dīrekt′] adj. [ME < ML indirectus] not direct; specif., a) not straight; deviating; roundabout b) not straight to the point, or to the person or thing aimed at [an indirect reply] c) not straightforward; not fair… …   English World dictionary

  • indirect — (adj.) late 14c., from M.Fr. indirect (14c.) or directly from L.L. indirectus, from in not, opposite of (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + directus (see DIRECT (Cf. direct)). Related: Indirectness …   Etymology dictionary

  • indirect — Indirect, [indir]ecte. adj. Qui n est pas direct. Il n a point d usage au propre. Fig. Voyes indirectes, Se dit en mauvaise part, pour de mauvais moyens. Il est parvenu à cette charge par des voyes indirectes. On appelle aussi figur. Loüanges… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Indirect — (v. lat.), nicht geradezu, mittelbar, durch einen Dritten …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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