Meaning

1 senses
  1. In an indirect manner.

    His alcoholism had a direct effect on his health, and indirectly caused problems for others.

    indirekt

    косвенноkosvenno

    not in a forthright manner

Examples

10 sentences
  1. A self-fulfilling prophecy is a prophecy that causes itself to be true, directly or indirectly.

    Самовиконуване пророцтво — це передбачення, яке фактом свого існування призводить до виконання передбачуваних в ньому подій, прямо чи непрямо.

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  2. His letter indirectly refers to the matter.

    deSein Brief nimmt indirekt Bezug auf die Angelegenheit.

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  3. I tried to investigate his opinion indirectly.

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  4. It's clear that his comments were intended to offend me indirectly.

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  5. Tatoeba is a wonderful place to study languages and help others study them, even if it's indirectly.

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Translations

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Origin

From Middle English inderectely, indirectly, equivalent to indirect + -ly or in- + directl

From Middle English inderectely, indirectly, equivalent to indirect + -ly or in- + directly.

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Forms

more indirectly, most indirectly
Comparativemore indirectly Lesson
Superlativemost indirectly

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedindirect

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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