"indirectness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: indirectnesses [plural]
Etymology: From indirect + -ness. Etymology templates: {{af|en|indirect|-ness}} indirect + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} indirectness (usually uncountable, plural indirectnesses)
  1. The condition of being indirect Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (the condition of being indirect): epäsuoruus (Finnish), 間接 (kansetsu) (alt: かんせつ) (Japanese), neuyeerid [masculine] (Manx)
    Sense id: en-indirectness-en-noun-OtuJgfPN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness

Inflected forms

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