indirect
Not of obvious or immediate cause, but as a secondary result.
Other meanings
Not focused straight at the target or subject; whose true aim appears secondary or obscure.
“While not mentioning any of their competitors by name, the CEO made some indirect statements that they were acting immorally.”
Not involving the quickest, shortest, or most convenient path; oblique.
Antonyms
- direct
Related words
- free indirect discourse
- free indirect style
- indirect anagram
- indirect cost
- indirect discourse
- indirect dye
- indirect election
- indirect fire
- indirect free kick
- indirectivity
- indirect kiss
- indirectly
Word history
From Latin "indirectus" (not direct).
Where this comes from
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