indirectly
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4.2
- adverb
- /ˌɪndɪˈrɛktli/
- The new policy will indirectly benefit many low-income families by improving local services.
- directly or indirectly
- indirectly affect
- indirectly influence
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Watch on YouTubeMany private individuals also indirectly use AWS.
- Many private individuals also indirectly use AWS.
- You literally have Iran indirectly partnering with Ukraine.
- Let the parents choose whether to put their kids and themselves indirectly at risk.
- That is entirely dependent on photosynthetic organisms, either directly or indirectly for food.
- What they will do is snipe at you indirectly and or behind your back.
- So he's indirectly hit at Trump in terms of his effectiveness.
- So, you know, you mentioned that or we've been talking at least indirectly about The New York Times.
- Replay, the more or less indirectly got paid for loaning the dress.
- So I'm actually indirectly connected to I'm.
- So you indirectly, yeah, you do, you do you do not.
Examples
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So the environmental groups in a sense are indirectly representing that interest.
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Every feature mentioned in Table 4 is directly or indirectly related to customer service.
Academic text (1990) -
What you can do is do this indirectly, he says.
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So this is like indirectly great news.
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Not directly no, but indirectly yes.
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What set of British laws led indirectly to the Industrial Revolution?
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Your child's life was indirectly threatened.
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The fact that this information had indirectly come from Bosch was puzzling.
Fiction book (2001) -
To try to make it clear, we don't have a problem; you have a problem, and we are trying to help you solve your problem, because we are indirectly connected to your problem.
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That's doing indirectly what Your Honor won't permit him to do directly.
Synonyms
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5.1
In a way that is not obvious or easy to notice
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5.6
In a way that is understood without being directly said
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7.3
In a way people understand without anyone saying it
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7.8
In a way that uses mild or indirect words instead of harsh ones
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6.4
In a way that avoids giving a direct answer or admitting the truth
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7.8
Someone speaks in a short, indirect way that only hints at the meaning
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8.9
In a way that sounds like a compliment but actually criticizes
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7.2
In a way that avoids clear answers or direct information
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7.9
In a way that shows something without saying it
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8.4
In a quiet, sly way that hints at something
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7.9
In an indirect way that hints at something
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8.2
To say something without being direct
Antonyms
How Indirect
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Indirectly is made of in- meaning 'not' and direct, a word that means 'straight' and shows up in direction. So to do something indirectly is to do it 'not straight', that is, in a roundabout or not direct way.