indirect

indirect
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. oblique; roundabout, circuitous; underhand, crooked, furtive; hinted, implied, inferential. See circuity, deviation,obliquity.Ant., direct, straight.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. roundabout, circuitous, out-of-the-way, tortuous, twisting, long, complicated, devious, aberrant, erratic, sidelong, zigzag, crooked, backhanded, obscure, discursive, rambling, long-winded, secondary, incidental, subsidiary, auxiliary, implied, oblique.
Ant. direct*, straight, immediate.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
1. roundabout circuitous, wandering, divergent, tortuous, digressive, deviating, oblique, sidelong.
2. incidental secondary, unintentional, ancillary, circumstantial.
3. dishonest backhanded, deceitful, sneaky.
ANT.: 1. direct, straight. 2. primary, direct. 3. direct, honest, straightforward
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Not taking a direct or straight line or course: anfractuous, circuitous, circular, devious, oblique, roundabout, tortuous. See STRAIGHT. 2. Marked by treachery or deceit: devious, disingenuous, duplicitous, guileful, lubricious, shifty, sneaky, underhand, underhanded. See HONEST.

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