indirect

adj.

1. Diverging from a direct course; roundabout.
2. 1. Not proceeding straight to the point or object.
   2. Not forthright and candid; devious.
3. Not directly planned for; secondary: indirect benefits.
4. Reporting the exact or approximate words of another with such changes as are necessary to bring the original statement into grammatical conformity with the sentence in which it is included: indirect discourse.
5. Logic. Involving, relating to, or being the proof of a statement by the demonstration of the impossibility or absurdity of the statement's negation.
6. Sports. Being a free kick in soccer by which a goal cannot be scored without the ball being touched by a second player.

indirectly in'di·rect'ly adv.
indirectness in'di·rect'ness n.

adjective

1. Not taking a direct or straight line or course: anfractuous, circuitous, circular, devious, oblique, roundabout, tortuous. See straight/bent.
2. Marked by treachery or deceit: devious, disingenuous, duplicitous, guileful, lubricious, shifty, sneaky, underhand, underhanded. See honest/dishonest.

adj

Definition: roundabout; unintended
Antonyms: direct, explicit, straight, straightforward

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Done through an intermediate animal or function.

• i. advertising — advertising about the veterinary profession which indirectly benefits individual veterinarians.
• i. comparisons — comparisons made between individuals or groups in different locations.
• i. contact — see indirect contact.
• i. fluorescent antibody — see fluorescence microscopy.
• i. repeat — see inverted repeat.
• i. selection — improving one character while selecting on another.
• i. social distance — social distance is distance between contacts in an infectious disease; indirect social distance is distance between indirect contacts.
• i. transmission of infection — transmission of infection via another medium, e.g. housing or bedding, without the animals ever being close to each other.

IN BRIEF: Not straight; by a longer way.

Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast. — Jane Austen (1775-1817), English novelist.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - indirekte

idioms:

• indirect lighting    indirekte belysning
• indirect object    hensynsled, indirekte objekt, dativobjekt
• indirect question    indirekte spørgsmål
• indirect speech    indirekte tale
• indirect tax    indirekte skat

Nederlands (Dutch)
indirect, ontwijkend

Français (French)
adj. - indirect

idioms:

• indirect lighting    lumière indirecte
• indirect object    objet indirect
• indirect question    question indirecte
• indirect speech    discours indirect
• indirect tax    taxe indirecte

Deutsch (German)
adj. - indirekt

idioms:

• indirect lighting    diffuse Beleuchtung
• indirect object    indirektes Objekt
• indirect question    indirekte Frage
• indirect speech    indirekte Rede
• indirect tax    indirekte Steuer

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - έμμεσος, πλάγιος

idioms:

• indirect lighting    έμμεσος κρυφός φωτισμός
• indirect object    (γραμμ.) έμμεσο αντικείμενο
• indirect question    πλάγια ερώτηση
• indirect speech    πλάγιος λόγος
• indirect tax    έμμεσος φόρος

Italiano (Italian)
indiretto

idioms:

• indirect lighting    illuminazione indiretta
• indirect object    complemento indiretto
• indirect question    domanda indiretta
• indirect speech    discorso indiretto
• indirect tax    imposta indiretta

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - indireto

idioms:

• indirect lighting    iluminação (f) indireta
• indirect object    objeto (m) indireto (Gram.)
• indirect question    pergunta (f) indireta (Gram.)
• indirect speech    discurso (m) indireto (Gram.)
• indirect tax    imposto (m) indireto

Русский (Russian)
непрямой, косвенный, нечестный

idioms:

• indirect lighting    отраженное освещение
• indirect object    косвенное дополнение
• indirect question    косвенный вопрос
• indirect speech    косвенная речь
• indirect tax    косвенный налог

Español (Spanish)
adj. - indirecto, torcido

idioms:

• indirect lighting    iluminación indirecta
• indirect object    objeto indirecto
• indirect question    pregunta indirecta
• indirect speech    oración indirecta
• indirect tax    contribución indirecta

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - indirekt, förtäckt, sekundär

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
间接的, 次要的, 非直接相关的, 迂回的, 曲折的

idioms:

• indirect lighting    间接照明
• indirect object    间接宾语
• indirect question    间接疑问句
• indirect speech    间接引语
• indirect tax    间接税

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 間接的, 次要的, 非直接相關的, 迂迴的, 曲折的

idioms:

• indirect lighting    間接照明
• indirect object    間接受詞
• indirect question    間接疑問句
• indirect speech    間接引語
• indirect tax    間接稅

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 간접의, 우회적인, 이차적인, 간접화법의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - まっすぐでない, 遠回りの, 傍系の, 間接の, 二次的な, 曲がっている

idioms:

• indirect lighting    間接照明
• indirect object    間接目的語
• indirect question    間接疑問
• indirect speech    間接話法
• indirect tax    間接税

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) غير مباشر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮עקיף, לא ישיר‬

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