INDIRECTLY | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Indirectly

Speech Type: Adverb

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ˌɪndɪˈrɛktli
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ˌɪndʌɪˈrɛktli
Dialects: British English
Definition:

in a way that is not directly caused by something; incidentally

Short Definition:

in way that is not directly caused by something

Examples:
  • the losses indirectly affect us all
Definition:

without having had direct experience; at second hand

Short Definition:

without having had direct experience

Examples:
  • I heard of the damage indirectly
Definition:

through implication; obliquely

Short Definition:

through implication

Examples:
  • both writers refer, if only indirectly, to a wealth of other art

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