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Word definitions for indirect in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Indirect \In`di*rect"\, a. [Pref. in- not + direct: cf. F. indirect.] Not direct; not straight or rectilinear; deviating from a direct line or course; circuitous; as, an indirect road. Not tending to an aim, purpose, or result by the plainest course, or ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Not direct; roundabout; deceiving; setting a trap; confusion.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from Middle French indirect (14c.) or directly from Late Latin indirectus , from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + directus (see direct ). Related: Indirectness .
Usage examples of indirect.
Indeed, Metternich himself in his own Memoirs often follows a good deal in the line of Bourrienne: among many formal attacks, every now and then he lapses into half involuntary and indirect praise of his great antagonist, especially where he compares the men he had to deal with in aftertimes with his former rapid and talented interlocutor.
To make a thorough tally of the Thorne situation with its Cardiff angle, The Shadow made another list covering the whereabouts of men who had held some dealings - direct or indirect - with Thorne or Cardiff.
But before discussing how dative forms are constructed, let us have a closer look on indirect objects.
As he persisted in his claim, I was advised to go to law, but Gamier declared the agreement null and void, accusing me in an indirect manner of having appropriated the money which I had said was stolen.
Direct taxes must be levied by the rule of apportionment and indirect taxes by the rule of uniformity.
They want to use that as a lever to pry open the whole contribution record, to make us prove to them that everybody tithes to the same extent everybody who works for any direct or indirect entity of Meadows Center.
Jewish ritual, together with the religious rites of the Christians, strongly influenced the definite shape given to that of Islam, while indirect influence of the Parsi religion is at least probable.
I decided the Riemann function is too indirect to find an exact error term.
But since fundamental strings are so tiny, this approach cannot be carried out and a more indirect method is called for.
In 1974, when Scherk and Schwarz proposed that one particular pattern of string vibration was the graviton particle, they were able to exploit such an indirect approach and thereby predict the tension on the strings of string theory.
This indirect compliment pleased Madame Cornelis, and Sophie, now free from all restraint, gazed at me with an expression of child-like affection which ravished me.
The flagstoned patio was lit only by indirect light, from the windows behind him and by the lights strung in the ornamental trees in the garden.
They had vainly induced their late abbot to make handsome offers to them, and they then proceeded by indirect means, endeavoring to stir up obstacles in their way, and to disgust them with Trieste.
Sitting in chatty circles weaving baskets from thin strips of wood split from saplings or twisting net cords from the fibers in the inner skins of bark stripped from those same saplings, they spoke to each other, their words indirect questions of Aleytys and Shadith, Wakille or Linfyar.
With respect to apogeotropism, De Vries maintains that it generally comes into play, and of this fact we shall presently advance some indirect evidence.