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Indirectly

Indirectly \In`di*rect"ly\, adv. In an direct manner; not in a straight line or course; not in express terms; obliquely; not by direct means; hence, unfairly; wrongly.

To tax it indirectly by taxing their expense.
--A. Smith.

Your crown and kingdom indirectly held.
--Shak.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
indirectly

mid-15c., from indirect + -ly (2).

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indirectly

adv. In an indirect manner.

WordNet
indirectly

adv. not in a forthright manner; "he answered very indirectly" [ant: directly]

Usage examples of "indirectly".

It is further evident that the term Apache came to be applied to this great division of the Athapascan family indirectly, as its component tribes are not known by that name in any of the Indian languages of the Southwest, and there is no evidence of its being of other than Indian origin.

But, as both these claims of discovery present sufficient interest to the Australasian student, and are indirectly connected with our subject, we have not dismissed them entirely.

Genistein indirectly inhibits the production of dihydrotestosterone, stopping prostate cancer in its tracks.

The average reflectivity, or albedo, of the Earth, as measured directly from satellites and indirectly from Earthshine reflected off the dark side of the Moon, is about 35 percent.

Saudi Princess Haifa al Faisal provided any funds to the conspiracy, either directly or indirectly.

I will commence with the movements of the exterior tentacles, when indirectly excited by stimulants applied to the glands of the short tentacles on the disc.

The exterior tentacles may be said in this case to be indirectly excited, because their own glands are not directly acted on.

But the rat can control the right body, indirectly, by giving headvoice orders to the left brain, or by making cross-cuing signals with the left half of the body.

True, a reason had been found for letting the Inglesi go, an outwardly tenable solution had presented itself and he, the Grand Duke, had taken advantage of it to rid the island of a troublesome business which might interfere with the tourist, and so indirectly with the smuggling, trade.

Yet even such may find their utility, and indirectly serve masters, perhaps sweating in the public kitchens of the high cylinders, or laboring, neck-locked, at the looms in the cloth mills, or digging, chained with others, in the sul fields.

It is usual to blame the Jews for it all, and though the business lies mostly in their hands, it must not be overlooked that many foreigners engage in it, and, though indirectly, some Moors also.

Ignorance -- for problems that it causes itself, either directly or indirectly, through its own limitations, nearsightedness, or neglect.

Every activity in War, therefore, necessarily relates to the combat either directly or indirectly.

The white, giant sun of Shubra that indirectly, through reradiation in the nebula, nourished several colonies was perceptible by a general whitening and brightening, in one direction only, of the eternal pale pastels of the interplanetary mist.

That the methods chosen have been rich in results, it is only necessary to know something of the deep and extensive influence of Hampton, Tuskegee, Normal, and other industrial schools, in directly, or indirectly, improving the environment and daily life of the masses.