indirectadjective
uk/ˌɪn.daɪˈrekt//ˌɪn.dɪˈrekt/us/ˌɪn.daɪˈrekt//ˌɪn.dɪˈrekt/indirect adjective (NOT OBVIOUS)
C2 happening in addition to an intended result, often in a way that is complicated or not obvious:
The benefits from pure research are often indirect.
Indirect effects of the fighting include disease and food shortages.
avoiding clearly mentioning or saying something:
indirect criticism
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Complexity
- a paper chase idiom
- advanced
- all-singing
- be more to sth than meets the eye idiom
- bleeding-edge
- equation
- fancy
- finicky
- high-tech
- intractable
- intricacy
- intricate
- plot
- purple
- serpentine
- sophisticated
- tangled
- the plot thickens idiom
- thereby
- wheel
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Digressing and being indirect or evasive
indirect adjective (NOT STRAIGHT)
C1 not following a straight line, or not directly or simply connected:
to take an indirect route/flight
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Geometry: describing angles, lines & orientations
- alternate angle
- angle of incidence
- antinode
- asymptote
- asymptotic
- axial
- erect
- horizontal
- oblique
- parallel
- plumb
- prominent
- reflection
- right angle
- secant
- slant
- supplementary angle
- tangent
- tangential
- transversal
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indirectly
adverb uk/ˌɪn.daɪˈrekt.li//ˌɪn.dɪˈrekt.li/us/ˌɪn.daɪˈrekt.li//ˌɪn.dɪˈrekt.li/
C1
She still controls the company indirectly through her son, who is the managing director.