Definition of indirect

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Indirect (a.) Not straightforward or upright; unfair; dishonest; tending to mislead or deceive.

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Shiff :: Shiff (v. i.) To practice indirect or evasive methods.
Furfurine :: Furfurine (n.) A white, crystalline base, obtained indirectly from furfurol..
Dispose :: Dispose (v. t.) To give a tendency or inclination to; to adapt; to cause to turn; especially, to incline the mind of; to give a bent or propension to; to incline; to make inclined; -- usually followed by to, sometimes by for before the indirect object..
Circuitous :: Circuitous (a.) Going round in a circuit; roundabout; indirect; as, a circuitous road; a circuitous manner of accomplishing an end..
Hint :: Hint (v. i.) To make an indirect reference, suggestion, or allusion; to allude vaguely to something..
Circumlocution :: Circumlocution (n.) The use of many words to express an idea that might be expressed by few; indirect or roundabout language; a periphrase.
Indirect :: Indirect (a.) Not straightforward or upright; unfair; dishonest; tending to mislead or deceive.
Circle :: Circle (n.) Indirect form of words; circumlocution.
Allude :: Allude (v. i.) To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to have reference to a subject not specifically and plainly mentioned; -- followed by to; as, the story alludes to a recent transaction..
Back Door :: Back door () A door in the back part of a building; hence, an indirect way..
Urohaematin :: Urohaematin (n.) Urinary haematin; -- applied to the normal coloring matter of the urine, on the supposition that it is formed either directly or indirectly (through bilirubin) from the haematin of the blood. See Urochrome, and Urobilin..
Collaterally :: Collaterally (adv.) In an indirect or subordinate manner; indirectly.
Leer :: Leer (n.) A distorted expression of the face, or an indirect glance of the eye, conveying a sinister or immodest suggestion..
Oxalethyline :: Oxalethyline (n.) A poisonous nitrogenous base (C6H10N2) obtained indirectly from oxamide as a thick transparent oil which has a strong narcotic odor, and a physiological action resembling that of atropine. It is probably related to pyridine..
Sinamine :: Sinamine (n.) A bitter white crystalline nitrogenous substance, obtained indirectly from oil of mustard and ammonia; -- called also allyl melamine..
Contagion :: Contagion (n.) The transmission of a disease from one person to another, by direct or indirect contact..
Elenctical :: Elenctical (a.) Serving to refute; refutative; -- applied to indirect modes of proof, and opposed to deictic..
Indirectness :: Indirectness (n.) Deviation from an upright or straightforward course; unfairness; dishonesty.
For :: For (prep.) Indicating the remoter and indirect object of an act; the end or final cause with reference to which anything is, acts, serves, or is done..
Tax :: Tax (n.) To charge; to accuse; also, to censure; -- often followed by with, rarely by of before an indirect object; as, to tax a man with pride..
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