Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The condition or quality of being indirect; obliquity; unfairness; dishonesty.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being indirect; obliquity; deviousness; crookedness.
- noun Deviation from an upright or straightforward course; unfairness; dishonesty.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The condition of being
indirect
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a goal
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Examples
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If they are positive, it is very unlikely that they are large, considering the indirectness of this method of subsidizing education.
Education Loans, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Euphemisms rather use understatement … indirectness … the language of diplomacy.
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King went to the cave entrance, to look the new man over; but because he was in Khinjan, and Khinjan in the "Hills," where indirectness is the key to information, he stood for a while at gaze, listening to the thunder of tumbling water and looking at the cliff-edge six feet away that was laid like a knife in the ascending mist.
In The Time Of Light dj barber 2010
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The indirectness of metaphor allows clients to work out struggles at their own pace.
Judith D. Schwartz: Therapy and the Writer Judith D. Schwartz 2010
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Urdu is perhaps the politest of written tongues and lends itself most readily to indirectness; but since he did not expect to read a catalogue of exact facts, he was not disappointed.
In The Time Of Light dj barber 2010
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Kellen blushed, and assented, wondering if he'd ever really get the hang of the indirectness of Elven manners.
Tran Siberian Michael J. Solender 2010
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Their e-mails were 'tortured haikus of indirectness', so he told me.
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Instead of direct confrontation with the brutal events of the last decade, the afterglow is saturated with indirectness, reminiscence, and even nostalgia.
Anis Shivani: Huffington Post Exclusive: The 10 Best Books Of 2010 (PHOTOS) Anis Shivani 2010
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The indirectness of metaphor allows clients to work out struggles at their own pace.
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Instead of direct confrontation with the brutal events of the last decade, the afterglow is saturated with indirectness, reminiscence, and even nostalgia.
Anis Shivani: Huffington Post Exclusive: The 10 Best Books Of 2010 (PHOTOS) Anis Shivani 2010
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