Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an indirect manner; not in a straight line or course; not expressly; not by direct or straightforward means.
- Unfairly; crookedly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an direct manner; not in a straight line or course; not in express terms; obliquely; not by direct means; hence, unfairly; wrongly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In an
indirect manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb not in a forthright manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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But what if English borrowed the Chinese term indirectly, via Korean?
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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But what if English borrowed the Chinese term indirectly, via Korean?
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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I got a six-figure advance, and picked a title indirectly suggested by my legion of accidental collaborators: "Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey-Brain!"
Giving Stuff 2007
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Regardless of one's view about sexual ethics, family values, or same-sex marriage, I believe that encouraging or contributing to violence against LGBT people, either directly or indirectly, is the true sin against nature and creation.
Rev. Patrick S. Cheng, Ph.D.: Faith, Hope and Love: Ending LGBT Teen Suicide Ph.D. Rev. Patrick S. Cheng 2010
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Regardless of one's view about sexual ethics, family values, or same-sex marriage, I believe that encouraging or contributing to violence against LGBT people, either directly or indirectly, is the true sin against nature and creation.
Rev. Patrick S. Cheng, Ph.D.: Faith, Hope and Love: Ending LGBT Teen Suicide Ph.D. Rev. Patrick S. Cheng 2010
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Attacking any member directly or indirectly is a violation of the House rules and a violation of the rules to attack the President directly.
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The indirectly is what I think is applicable, I can consider any group that is remotely affiliated with ACORN can be restricted; however, I agree with the possibility that this is why it passed so easy and the NOTACORN lawyers will argue this has nothing to do with their organization.
Senate votes to strip ACORN of federal funding, 83-7. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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Regardless of one's view about sexual ethics, family values, or same-sex marriage, I believe that encouraging or contributing to violence against LGBT people, either directly or indirectly, is the true sin against nature and creation.
Rev. Patrick S. Cheng, Ph.D.: Faith, Hope and Love: Ending LGBT Teen Suicide Ph.D. Rev. Patrick S. Cheng 2010
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Regardless of one's view about sexual ethics, family values, or same-sex marriage, I believe that encouraging or contributing to violence against LGBT people, either directly or indirectly, is the true sin against nature and creation.
Rev. Patrick S. Cheng, Ph.D.: Faith, Hope and Love: Ending LGBT Teen Suicide Ph.D. Rev. Patrick S. Cheng 2010
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Regardless of one's view about sexual ethics, family values, or same-sex marriage, I believe that encouraging or contributing to violence against LGBT people, either directly or indirectly, is the true sin against nature and creation.
Rev. Patrick S. Cheng, Ph.D.: Faith, Hope and Love: Ending LGBT Teen Suicide Ph.D. Rev. Patrick S. Cheng 2010
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