Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Indirectly"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Indirectly \In`di*rect"ly\, adv.
In an direct manner; not in a straight line or course; not in
express terms; obliquely; not by direct means; hence,
unfairly; wrongly.
To tax it indirectly by taxing their expense. --A.
Smith.
Your crown and kingdom indirectly held. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
indirectly
adv : not in a forthright manner; "he answered very indirectly"
[ant: {directly}]
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