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indirectly

adjective

not in a direct course or path; deviating from a straight line; roundabout: an indirect course in sailing.
coming or resulting otherwise than directly or immediately, as effects or consequences: an indirect advantage.
not direct in action or procedure: His methods are indirect but not dishonest.
not straightforward; devious; deceitful: He is known as a shady, indirect fellow.
not direct in bearing, application, force, etc.: indirect evidence.
of, relating to, or characteristic of indirect discourse: an indirect quote.
not descending in a direct line of succession, as a title or inheritance.

adjective

deviating from a direct course or line; roundabout; circuitous
not coming as a direct effect or consequence; secondaryindirect benefits
not straightforward, open, or fair; devious or evasivean indirect insult
(of a title or an inheritance) not inherited in an unbroken line of succession from father to son

adv.

mid-15c., from indirect + -ly (2).

adj.

late 14c., from Middle French indirect (14c.) or directly from Late Latin indirectus, from in- “not, opposite of” (see in- (1)) + directus (see direct). Related: Indirectness.