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in·di·rect 
[in-duh-rekt, -dahy-] Pronunciation Key
[in-duh-rekt, -dahy-] Pronunciation Key –adjective
| 1. | not in a direct course or path; deviating from a straight line; roundabout: an indirect course in sailing. |
| 2. | coming or resulting otherwise than directly or immediately, as effects or consequences: an indirect advantage. |
| 3. | not direct in action or procedure: His methods are indirect but not dishonest. |
| 4. | not straightforward; devious; deceitful: He is known as a shady, indirect fellow. |
| 5. | not direct in bearing, application, force, etc.: indirect evidence. |
| 6. | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of indirect discourse: an indirect quote. |
| 7. | not descending in a direct line of succession, as a title or inheritance. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| in·di·rect
(ĭn'dĭ-rěkt', -dī-) Pronunciation Key
adj.
in'di·rect'ly adv., in'di·rect'ness n. |
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| indirect | |
adjective | |
| 1. | having intervening factors or persons or influences; "reflection from the ceiling provided a soft indirect light"; "indirect evidence"; "an indirect cause" |
| 2. | not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination; "sometimes taking an indirect path saves time"; "you must take an indirect course in sailing" [ant: direct] |
| 3. | descended from a common ancestor but through different lines; "cousins are collateral relatives"; "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts" [syn: collateral] [ant: direct] |
| 4. | extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action; "making indirect but legitimate inquiries"; "an indirect insult"; "doubtless they had some indirect purpose in mind"; "though his methods are indirect they are not dishonest"; "known as a shady indirect fellow" [ant: direct] |
| 5. | not as a direct effect or consequence; "indirect benefits"; "an indirect advantage" |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Indirect
In`di*rect"\, a. [Pref. in- not + direct: cf. F. indirect.]1. Not direct; not straight or rectilinear; deviating from a direct line or course; circuitous; as, an indirect road. 2. Not tending to an aim, purpose, or result by the plainest course, or by obvious means, but obliquely or consequentially; by remote means; as, an indirect accusation, attack, answer, or proposal. By what bypaths and indirect, crooked ways I met this crown. --Shak. 3. Not straightforward or upright; unfair; dishonest; tending to mislead or deceive. Indirect dealing will be discovered one time or other. --Tillotson. 4. Not resulting directly from an act or cause, but more or less remotely connected with or growing out of it; as, indirect results, damages, or claims. 5. (Logic & Math.) Not reaching the end aimed at by the most plain and direct method; as, an indirect proof, demonstration, etc. Indirect claims, claims for remote or consequential damage. Such claims were presented to and thrown out by the commissioners who arbitrated the damage inflicted on the United States by the Confederate States cruisers built and supplied by Great Britain. Indirect demonstration, a mode of demonstration in which proof is given by showing that any other supposition involves an absurdity (reductio ad absurdum), or an impossibility; thus, one quantity may be proved equal to another by showing that it can be neither greater nor less. Indirect discourse. (Gram.) See Direct discourse, under Direct. Indirect evidence, evidence or testimony which is circumstantial or inferential, but without witness; -- opposed to direct evidence. Indirect tax, a tax, such as customs, excises,
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