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Antonyms for indirect
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : in-duh-rekt, -dahy- |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn dəˈrɛkt, -daɪ- |
Definition of indirect
Origin :- late 14c., from Middle French indirect (14c.) or directly from Late Latin indirectus, from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + directus (see direct). Related: Indirectness.
- adj roundabout; unintended
- Then here is indirect heredity, that of the collateral branches.
- Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
- Do not grudge labour where the return may be remote and indirect.
- Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
- The lights which he throws on his subject are indirect, but they are not the less real for that.
- Extract from : « Theaetetus » by Plato
- Moreover the science has indirect effects, which are not small.
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
- It would be difficult, however, to overestimate its indirect consequences.
- Extract from : « Leading Articles on Various Subjects » by Hugh Miller
- There are other indirect 375 benefits derived from metaphysical study.
- Extract from : « Leading Articles on Various Subjects » by Hugh Miller
- To this indirect reference to Miss Warren and her brother Pearson made no reply.
- Extract from : « Cap'n Warren's Wards » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- It is not indirect lighting; the ceiling and the walls are not reflecting it at all.
- Extract from : « Hall of Mirrors » by Fredric Brown
- In addition to these direct, there were many other indirect sacrifices.
- Extract from : « Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Charles James Lever
- The causes of disease therefore may be divided into two classes, direct and indirect.
- Extract from : « Rural Hygiene » by Henry N. Ogden
Synonyms for indirect
- ambiguous
- ancillary
- circuitous
- circular
- circumlocutory
- collateral
- complicated
- contingent
- crooked
- devious
- discursive
- duplicitous
- erratic
- eventual
- implied
- incidental
- long
- long way home
- long-drawn-out
- long-winded
- meandering
- oblique
- obscure
- out-of-the-way
- periphrastic
- rambling
- secondary
- serpentine
- sidelong
- sinister
- sinuous
- snaking
- sneaking
- sneaky
- subsidiary
- tortuous
- twisting
- underhand
- vagrant
- wandering
- winding
- zigzag
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