indirectionn.

Brit.

/ˌɪndᵻˈrɛkʃn/,

/ˌɪndʌɪˈrɛkʃn/, U.S.

/ˌɪndəˈrɛkʃən/,

/ˌɪnˌdaɪˈrɛkʃən/

Etymology: < indirect adj., after direction n.

a. Indirect movement or action; a devious or circuitous course to some end; round-about means or method. by indirection, by indirect means, indirectly.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > [adverb]

by indirection1603

involvedly1624

allusively1656

suggestingly1840

hintedly1846

suggestively1859

hintingly1892

1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. i. 65 Thus sir do wee..By indirections, finde directions forth.

1634 J. Ford Chron. Hist. Perkin Warbeck iii. sig. F4 If King Iames By any indirection should perceiue My comming nere your Court, I doubt the issue Of my imployment.

1673 tr. E. de Refuge Art of Complaisance 73 These were the effects of real merit and virtue, which still sheds a luster on the rest, and not of indirection.

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xiii. 211 Oxford also has its merits... Whether in course or by indirection,..education according to the English notion of it is arrived at.

1879 J. Burroughs Locusts & Wild Honey 80 The weather is..to be..understood, not by rule, but by subtle signs and indirections.

1888 Q. Rev. Oct. 407 As is always the case with good critics, Mr. Arnold worked more by indirection and suggestion than by sheer delivery of judgment.

b. In literal sense: An indirect or devious way.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > [noun] > roundabout or indirect

bouta1542

round1600

circumduction1822

indirection1858

1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. (1872) I. 16 Through some other indirections we at last found the Rue Bergère.

2. Want of straightforwardness in action; an act, or practice, which is not straightforward and honest; deceit; malpractice.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > crookedness > [noun]

crookednessc1380

deformityc1400

turningnessa1586

indirectiona1616

obliquitya1620

curvity1620

tortuosity1621

indirectness1628

unsinglenessa1658

unstraightness1693

tortuousness1824

underhandedness1884

society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [noun] > lack of straightforwardness or uprightness

crookednessc1380

turningnessa1586

indirectiona1616

obliquitya1620

curvity1620

tortuosity1621

indirectness1628

unuprightnessa1680

unstraightness1693

deviousness1727

tortuousness1824

obliqueness1877

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. i. 202 The better Act of purposes mistooke, Is to mistake again, though indirect, Yet indirection thereby growes direct, And falshood, falshood cures.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iv. ii. 130 To wring From the hard hands of Peazants, their vile trash By any indirection .

1710 Tatler No. 191. ⁋1 The Indirection and Artifice which is used among Men.

1834 M. Edgeworth Helen I. x. 230 To no vile indirections will I stoop.

1895 Rev. of Reviews Aug. 138 He hated diplomatic indirections, or, to speak bluntly, lying.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	indirection
释义	indirectionn. Brit. /ˌɪndᵻˈrɛkʃn/, /ˌɪndʌɪˈrɛkʃn/, U.S. /ˌɪndəˈrɛkʃən/, /ˌɪnˌdaɪˈrɛkʃən/ Etymology: < indirect adj., after direction n. 1. a. Indirect movement or action; a devious or circuitous course to some end; round-about means or method. by indirection, by indirect means, indirectly. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > [adverb] by indirection1603 involvedly1624 allusively1656 suggestingly1840 hintedly1846 suggestively1859 hintingly1892 1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. i. 65 Thus sir do wee..By indirections, finde directions forth. 1634 J. Ford Chron. Hist. Perkin Warbeck iii. sig. F4 If King Iames By any indirection should perceiue My comming nere your Court, I doubt the issue Of my imployment. 1673 tr. E. de Refuge Art of Complaisance 73 These were the effects of real merit and virtue, which still sheds a luster on the rest, and not of indirection. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xiii. 211 Oxford also has its merits... Whether in course or by indirection,..education according to the English notion of it is arrived at. 1879 J. Burroughs Locusts & Wild Honey 80 The weather is..to be..understood, not by rule, but by subtle signs and indirections. 1888 Q. Rev. Oct. 407 As is always the case with good critics, Mr. Arnold worked more by indirection and suggestion than by sheer delivery of judgment. b. In literal sense: An indirect or devious way. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > [noun] > roundabout or indirect bouta1542 round1600 circumduction1822 indirection1858 1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. (1872) I. 16 Through some other indirections we at last found the Rue Bergère. 2. Want of straightforwardness in action; an act, or practice, which is not straightforward and honest; deceit; malpractice. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > crookedness > [noun] crookednessc1380 deformityc1400 turningnessa1586 indirectiona1616 obliquitya1620 curvity1620 tortuosity1621 indirectness1628 unsinglenessa1658 unstraightness1693 tortuousness1824 underhandedness1884 society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [noun] > lack of straightforwardness or uprightness crookednessc1380 turningnessa1586 indirectiona1616 obliquitya1620 curvity1620 tortuosity1621 indirectness1628 unuprightnessa1680 unstraightness1693 deviousness1727 tortuousness1824 obliqueness1877 a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. i. 202 The better Act of purposes mistooke, Is to mistake again, though indirect, Yet indirection thereby growes direct, And falshood, falshood cures. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iv. ii. 130 To wring From the hard hands of Peazants, their vile trash By any indirection . View more context for this quotation 1710 Tatler No. 191. ⁋1 The Indirection and Artifice which is used among Men. 1834 M. Edgeworth Helen I. x. 230 To no vile indirections will I stoop. 1895 Rev. of Reviews Aug. 138 He hated diplomatic indirections, or, to speak bluntly, lying. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1603
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