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indirect - extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action; "making indirect but legitimate inquiries"; "an indirect insult"; "doubtless they had some indirect purpose in mind"; "though his methods are indirect they are not dishonest"; "known as a shady indirect fellow" |
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direct lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact; "the direct opposite"
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allusive characterized by indirect references; "allusive speech is characterized by allusions"
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backhanded roundabout or ambiguous; "attacks from that source amounted to a backhanded compliment to his integrity"; "a backhanded and dishonest way of reaching his goal"
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circuitous,
roundabout marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct; "the explanation was circuitous and puzzling"; "a roundabout paragraph"; "hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend"
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ambagious,
circumlocutious,
circumlocutory,
periphrastic roundabout and unnecessarily wordy; "had a preference for circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than forthright expression"; "A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings."-T.S.Eliot; (`ambagious' is archaic)
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devious,
oblique deviating from a straight course; "a scenic but devious route"; "a long and circuitous journey by train and boat"; "a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic"
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digressive,
discursive,
excursive,
rambling (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects; "amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things"; "a rambling discursive book"; "his excursive remarks"; "a rambling speech about this and that"
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hearsay heard through another rather than directly; "hearsay information"
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mealy-mouthed,
mealymouthed hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy; "a mealymouthed politician"
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tortuous not straightforward; "his tortuous reasoning"
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indirect - not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination; "sometimes taking an indirect path saves time"; "you must take an indirect course in sailing" |
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direct lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact; "the direct opposite"
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crooked having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth"
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directness,
straightness trueness of course toward a goal; "rivaling a hawk in directness of aim"
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askance,
askant,
asquint,
sidelong,
squint,
squint-eyed,
squinty (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy; "her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen; "sidelong glances"
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circuitous,
devious,
roundabout marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct; "the explanation was circuitous and puzzling"; "a roundabout paragraph"; "hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend"
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diversionary (of tactics e.g.) likely or designed to confuse or deceive
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meandering,
rambling,
wandering
winding
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indirect - not as a direct effect or consequence; "indirect benefits"; "an indirect advantage" |
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secondary belonging to a lower class or rank
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indirect - having intervening factors or persons or influences; "reflection from the ceiling provided a soft indirect light"; "indirect evidence"; "an indirect cause" |
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mediate acting through or dependent on an intervening agency; "the disease spread by mediate as well as direct contact"
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