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indirect
Overview of adj indirect
The adj indirect has 5 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (8) indirect -- (having intervening factors or persons or influences; "reflection from the ceiling provided a soft indirect light"; "indirect evidence"; "an indirect cause")
2. (2) 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")
3. collateral, indirect -- (descended from a common ancestor but through different lines; "cousins are collateral relatives"; "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts")
4. 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")
5. indirect -- (not as a direct effect or consequence; "indirect benefits"; "an indirect advantage")
Grep of noun indirect
indirect antonym
indirect correlation
indirect discourse
indirect evidence
indirect expression
indirect fire
indirect immunofluorescence
indirect lighting
indirect object
indirect request
indirect tax
indirect transmission
indirection
indirectness
Antonyms of adj indirect
5 senses of indirect
Sense 1
indirect
INDIRECT (VIA mediate) -> immediate
Sense 2
indirect (vs. direct)
direct (vs. indirect)
=> door-to-door
=> nonstop
=> point-blank
=> straightforward
=> undeviating, unswerving
=> through(prenominal)
Sense 3
collateral (vs. lineal), indirect
Sense 4
indirect (vs. direct)
direct (vs. indirect)
=> bluff
=> blunt, candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder
=> flat-footed
=> man-to-man
=> no-nonsense
=> plain, unvarnished
=> pointed
=> square(prenominal), straightforward, straight
=> upfront
Sense 5
indirect
INDIRECT (VIA secondary) -> primary
Similarity of adj indirect
5 senses of indirect
Sense 1
indirect
=> mediate (vs. immediate)
Sense 2
indirect (vs. direct)
=> askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty, sidelong
=> devious, circuitous, roundabout
=> diversionary
=> meandering(prenominal), rambling, wandering(prenominal), winding
Also See> crooked#1
Sense 3
collateral (vs. lineal), indirect
Also See> related#2
Sense 4
indirect (vs. direct)
=> allusive
=> backhanded
=> circuitous, roundabout
=> circumlocutious, circumlocutory, periphrastic, ambagious
=> devious, oblique
=> digressive, discursive, excursive, rambling
=> hearsay
=> mealymouthed, mealy-mouthed
=> tortuous
Sense 5
indirect
=> secondary (vs. primary)
Pertainyms of adj indirect
Attributes of adj indirect
1 of 5 senses of indirect
Sense 2
indirect (vs. direct)
=> directness, straightness
Domain of adj indirect
Domain Terms of adj indirect
Familiarity of adj indirect
indirect used as an adjective is common (polysemy count =5)
Grep of adj indirect
indirect
Grep of adv indirect
indirectly
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