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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (1)

1. not in a forthright manner;
- Example: "he answered very indirectly"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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         To tax it indirectly by taxing their expense. --A.
                                                  Smith.
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         Your crown and kingdom indirectly held.  --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

indirectly
    adv 1: not in a forthright manner; "he answered very indirectly"
           [ant: directly, flat, straight]