Indirect Definition

ĭndĭ-rĕkt, -dī-
adjective
Not direct.
Webster's New World
Diverging from a direct course; roundabout.
American Heritage
Not proceeding straight to the point or object.
American Heritage
Not forthright and candid; devious.
American Heritage
Not directly planned for; secondary.
Indirect benefits.
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Origin of Indirect

  • From Middle French indirect, from Late Latin indirectus

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Indirect Sentence Examples

  • The indirect effects of temperature are also important.

  • Some oaks are of indirect importance from products formed by their insect enemies.

  • The indirect results, however, were incalculably great.

  • She stood on a covered landing of a fortress made of black stones overlooking a parched desert beneath dual suns too faded to provide anything other than indirect light.

  • Two types of budding must be distinguished - the direct, so-called palingenetic type, and the indirect, so-called coenogenetic type.

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