Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Indirectness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Indirectness \In`di*rect"ness\, n.
1. The quality or state of being indirect; obliquity;
deviousness; crookedness.
2. Deviation from an upright or straightforward course;
unfairness; dishonesty. --W. Montagu.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
indirectness
n : having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a
goal [ant: {directness}]
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