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indirectness
in·di·rect I0107800 (ĭn′dĭ-rĕkt′, -dī-)adj.1. Diverging from a direct course; roundabout.2. a. Not proceeding straight to the point or object.b. Not forthright and candid; devious.3. Not directly planned for; secondary: indirect benefits.4. Reporting the exact or approximate words of another with such changes as are necessary to bring the original statement into grammatical conformity with the sentence in which it is included: indirect discourse.5. Logic Involving, relating to, or being the proof of a statement by the demonstration of the impossibility or absurdity of the statement's negation.6. Sports Being an indirect free kick.
in′di·rect′ly adv.in′di·rect′ness n.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | indirectness - having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a goalcharacteristic - a distinguishing qualityallusiveness - a quality characterized by indirect referencemediacy, mediateness - the quality of being mediatedeviousness, obliqueness - the quality of being oblique and rambling indirectlydiscursiveness - the quality of being discursivedirectness, straightness - trueness of course toward a goal; "rivaling a hawk in directness of aim" |
Translationsindirect (indiˈrekt) adjective1. not leading straight to the destination; not direct. We arrived late because we took rather an indirect route. 迂回的 迂回的2. not straightforward. I asked her several questions but she kept giving me indirect answers. 不直截了當的 不直截了当的3. not intended; not directly aimed at. an indirect result. 間接的 间接的ˌindiˈrectness noun 間接 间接indirect object the word in a sentence which stands for the person or thing to or for whom something is given, done etc. In `Give me the book', `Tell the children a story', `Boil John an egg', me, the children and John are indirect objects. 間接受格 间接宾语indirect speech a person's words as they are reported rather than in the form in which they were said. He said that he would come is the form in indirect speech of He said `I will come'. 間接引語 间接引语indirectness
Antonyms for indirectnessnoun having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a goalRelated Words- characteristic
- allusiveness
- mediacy
- mediateness
- deviousness
- obliqueness
- discursiveness
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