indirect
Speech parts
1. indirect - Noun
2. indirect - Adjective
3. indirect - Verb
4. indirect - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
Not direct; not straight or rectilinear; deviating from a direct line or course; circuitous; as, an indirect road.
Not tending to an aim, purpose, or result by the plainest course, or by obvious means, but obliquely or consequentially; by remote means; as, an indirect accusation, attack, answer, or proposal.
Not straightforward or upright; unfair; dishonest; tending to mislead or deceive.
Not resulting directly from an act or cause, but more or less remotely connected with or growing out of it; as, indirect results, damages, or claims.
Not reaching the end aimed at by the most plain and direct method; as, an indirect proof, demonstration, etc.
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Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.
...the mathematician uses an indirect definition of congruence, making use of the fact that the axiom of parallels together with an additional condition can replace the definition of congruence.
A man wants his virility regarded, a woman wants her femininity appreciated, however indirect and subtle the indications of regard and appreciation. On Winter they will not exist. One is respected and judged only as a human being. It is an appalling experience.
Power as is really divided, and as dangerously to all purposes, by sharing with another an Indirect Power, as a Direct one.
The universe is asymmetric and I am persuaded that life, as it is known to us, is a direct result of the asymmetry of the universe or of its indirect consequences. The universe is asymmetric.
You may adopt an indirect approach to reach your goal.