Definitions for indirectly
in·di·rect·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. indirectlyadverb

   not in a forthright manner

   "he answered very indirectly"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. indirectlyadverb

   In an indirect manner.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Indirectlyadverb

   Etymology: from indirect.

   1. Not in a right line; obliquely.2. Not in express terms.

   Still she suppresses the name Ithaca, which continues his doubts and hopes; and at last she indirectly mentions it. William Broome, Notes on the Odyssey.

   3. Unfairly; not rightly.

   He bids you then resign
   Your crown and kingdom, indirectly held
   From him the true challenger. William Shakespeare, Henry V.

   He that takes any thing from his neighbour, which was justly forfeited, to satisfy his own revenge or avarice, is tied to repentance, but not to restitution: because I took the forfeiture indirectly, I am answerable to God for my unhandsome, unjust, or uncharitable circumstances. Taylor.

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1. indirectly

   Indirectly means in a way that is not directly caused or achieved; happening or implemented as a secondary result or effect. It also refers to a manner of expressing something in a roundabout, non straightforward way, often to avoid confrontation or to imply something without stating it explicitly.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Indirectlyadverb

   in an direct manner; not in a straight line or course; not in express terms; obliquely; not by direct means; hence, unfairly; wrongly

British National Corpus

1. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'indirectly' in Adverbs Frequency: #421

Anagrams for indirectly »

1. cylindrite

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of indirectly in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of indirectly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of indirectly in a Sentence

1. Dan Gainor:

   The hot mic is just one more tool the media use to protect their friends and target their enemies, nBC worked with Donald Trump for 11 years. There were no news stories about Trump's off-color and crude comments. It did everything it could to protect him -- both in news and entertainment. He, and indirectly Billy Bush, became targets because he ran a political campaign wildly opposed by network reporters, producers and anchors … If you are liberal, it won't likely impact you for long. If you are to the right of the media covering the story, it will haunt you forever.

2. Patrick Cullinan:

   It’s giving a face to a faceless process, the patient is being told indirectly that we care about you, we care about your loved one and we want to help you with the grieving process.

3. Peter Jenkinson:

   We know that microplastics are endemic in the environment, in consumer products we all use, and in many different species of animals that we consume directly or indirectly, so it would be more surprising if they had not detected microplastics in human stools.

4. Association Chief Economist Bart Watson:

   Like many small businesses, when COVID-19 hit, breweries were forced to change their entire business models overnight, supporting local craft breweries helps fuel local small businesses in the community, and the hundreds of thousands of local jobs they support directly and indirectly, and they need our help now more than ever. Not to mention it’s one of the tastiest ways to support jobs in your community.

5. District Judge Randolph Moss:

   The sentencing is a public event and when the underlying justice has been challenged, even indirectly, I think many judges consider it part of their civic responsibility to speak to the public, they're talking to the defendants nominally, but they're really speaking to the public -- to restore and protect the rule of law.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=indirectly
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Indirectly
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=indirectly
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/indirectly