indirect
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4.3
- adjective
- /ˌɪnˈdaɪrɛkt/
:
indirecto
- And these are again all indirect ways of pursuing happiness.
- direct and indirect
- indirect signals
- indirect speech
Maybe it's a little bit indirect, but maybe not.
- Maybe it's a little bit indirect, but maybe not.
- And these are again all indirect ways of pursuing happiness.
- Those are sort of these indirect aggressive acts.
- And I think talking and communicating rather than being snidey and indirect online is the way forward.
- Sarcasm is also an indirect communication, a way of not answering a question directly.
- Like, well, it's it's kind of a indirect way of telling someone you don't get to have your own feelings about this.
- And Yvonne looks at me or tells me over the phone, in her indirect way, she says, Ganshi, you've been to all these Tony Robbins things.
- But the mechanisms through which gender inequality work are now much more circuitous, much more indirect than they used to be.
- So the softer, indirect, vague way to say it is let's just go with the flow because now we're going with the flow.
Examples
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Moreover, for the believer, visions can be God's indirect way of communicating with us.
Academic text (2013) -
It's kind of indirect and it's very subtle, but very easy.
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You never say it directly, but in indirect ways you say it.
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I try to explain to her that sometimes I need to use an indirect approach.
Fiction book (1999) -
First, it is likely that students will benefit more from direct rather than indirect projects.
Academic text (1995) -
Sarcasm is also an indirect communication, a way of not answering a question directly.
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At minimum, evidence suggests an indirect relationship between childhood trauma and self-injury.
Academic text (2012) -
But the mechanisms through which gender inequality work are now much more circuitous, much more indirect than they used to be.
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It is, in a way, in a very indirect way, an eyewitness report of a historical period.
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When discussing her feelings, she often uses indirect language instead of stating things plainly.
Synonyms
49
6.1
Understood without being directly said as part of something else
5
7.4
Said or done in a not direct way to avoid telling the truth
Saying something in a roundabout way to avoid being direct
Often suggesting something without saying it directly
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
8.2
Shooting at a target you cannot see using calculations or people who watch
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4.4
Light from a hidden source that reflects off ceilings and walls to make a soft, even glow
- Specialized
A lab method using a first antibody and a glowing second antibody to show targets under a special microscope
A person or thing that gets the benefit of an action, often with a direct object
- Specialized
When germs spread to a person through a thing or animal instead of direct touch
- Specialized
A relationship between two things where one goes up while the other goes down
A way of reporting what someone said without using their exact words, often changing pronouns and verb tenses
How Indirect
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Indirect comes from in- 'not' and direct 'straight' or 'clear'. So when someone is indirect in speech they are 'not' saying things clearly but use a roundabout way to avoid being direct.