"indirectly" meaning in English

See indirectly in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /ˌɪndɪˈrɛktli/ Audio: en-us-indirectly.ogg [US]
Etymology: in- + direct + -ly indirect + directly Etymology templates: {{ety-affix|in|direct|ly}} in- + direct + -ly indirect + directly
  1. If something is done indirectly, it is not done in the shortest possible way.
    Sense id: simple-indirectly-en-adv-S-pNcFNL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms prefixed with in-, Terms suffixed with -ly
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