indirectly

indirect (ˌɪndɪˈrɛkt)

—*adj*
1.	deviating from a direct course or line; roundabout; circuitous
2.	not coming as a direct effect or consequence; secondary: indirect benefits
3.	not straightforward, open, or fair; devious or evasive: an indirect insult
4.	(of a title or an inheritance) not inherited in an unbroken line of succession from father to son

indi'rectly

—*adv*

indi'rectness

—n

indirect (ˌɪndɪˈrɛkt)

—*adj*
1.	deviating from a direct course or line; roundabout; circuitous
2.	not coming as a direct effect or consequence; secondary: indirect benefits
3.	not straightforward, open, or fair; devious or evasive: an indirect insult
4.	(of a title or an inheritance) not inherited in an unbroken line of succession from father to son

indi'rectly

—*adv*

indi'rectness

—n

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Word Origin & History

indirect

1474, from M.Fr. indirect (1364), from L. indirectus, from in- "not" + directus (see direct).

Example sentences

Other organisms, including herbivores such as deer, depend on it indirectly.

Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly.

So health care is only partially and indirectly rationed by price.

Dark matter has only been detected indirectly, so far.

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"There is the guilt all soldiers feel for having broken the taboo against killing, a guilt as old as war itself. Add to this the soldier's sense of shame for having fought in actions that resulted, indirectly or directly, in the deaths of civilians. Then pile on top of that an attitude of social opprobrium, an attitude that made the fighting man feel personally morally responsible for the war, and you get your proverbial walking time bomb."

-Philip Caputo