† undirectlyadv.
Obsolete.
(un- prefix1 5.)
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > crookedness > [adverb]
crookedlyc1374
undirectly1535
indirectly1580
obliquely1601
fishily1851
back-handedly1859
society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adverb] > not in straightforward manner
undirectly1535
indirectly1580
obliquely1601
crookedlya1639
back-handedly1859
1535 in J. Strype Eccl. Mem. (1721) I. App. lxiv. 158 That neither of both parties shal give any help..against the other, directly or undirectly, secretly or openly, to the invasor.
1547 W. Baldwin Treat. Morall Phylos. ii. v. sig. Kiv Lyfe iudgeth vndirectly of deathe.
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adv.1535- nonabsorbent
- nonabsorbents
- nonabstainer
- nonacademic
- nonacademics
- nonaccent
- nonacceptance
- nonacceptances
- nonacceptant
- nonacceptation
- nonaccess
- nonaccompanying
- nonaccomplishment
- nonaccomplishments
- nonachievement
- nonachievements
- nonachiever
- nonachieveres
- nonachievers
- nonacid
- nonacidic
- nonacids
- nonacquaintance
- nonacquiescence
- nonact