Indirect: alternatives and connections

Figurative; symbolical.

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Figurative; symbolical.

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Circumlocutory; circuitous.

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Circumlocutory; circuitous.

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Alt. of Askant

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Alt. of Askant

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Sideways; obliquely; with a side glance; with disdain, envy, or suspicion.

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Sideways; obliquely; with a side glance; with disdain, envy, or suspicion.

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With the eye directed to one side; not in the straight line of vision; obliquely; awry, so as to see distortedly; as, to look asquint.

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With the eye directed to one side; not in the straight line of vision; obliquely; awry, so as to see distortedly; as, to look asquint.

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With the hand turned backward; as, a backhanded blow.

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With the hand turned backward; as, a backhanded blow.

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Going round in a circuit; roundabout; indirect; as, a circuitous road; a circuitous manner of accomplishing an end.

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Going round in a circuit; roundabout; indirect; as, a circuitous road; a circuitous manner of accomplishing an end.

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Characterised by circumlocution; periphrastic.

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Characterised by circumlocution; periphrastic.

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Out of a straight line; winding; varying from directness; as, a devious path or way.

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Out of a straight line; winding; varying from directness; as, a devious path or way.

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Departing from the main subject; partaking of the nature of digression.

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Departing from the main subject; partaking of the nature of digression.

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Passing from one thing to another; ranging over a wide field; roving; digressive; desultory.

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Passing from one thing to another; ranging over a wide field; roving; digressive; desultory.

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Prone to make excursions; wandering; roving; exploring; as, an excursive fancy.

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Prone to make excursions; wandering; roving; exploring; as, an excursive fancy.

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Report; rumor; fame; common talk; something heard from another.

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Report; rumor; fame; common talk; something heard from another.

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Using soft words; plausible; affectedly or timidly delicate of speech; unwilling to tell the truth in plain language.

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Using soft words; plausible; affectedly or timidly delicate of speech; unwilling to tell the truth in plain language.

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of Meander

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of Meander

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Being between the two extremes; middle; interposed; intervening; intermediate.

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Being between the two extremes; middle; interposed; intervening; intermediate.

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Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.

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Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.

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Alt. of Periphrastical

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Alt. of Periphrastical

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of Ramble

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of Ramble

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Circuitous; going round; indirect; as, roundabout speech.

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Circuitous; going round; indirect; as, roundabout speech.

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Suceeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate.

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Suceeding next in order to the first; of second place, origin, rank, rank, etc.; not primary; subordinate; not of the first order or rate.

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Laterally; obliquely; in the direction of the side.

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Laterally; obliquely; in the direction of the side.

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Looking obliquely. Specifically (Med.), not having the optic axes coincident; -- said of the eyes. See Squint, n., 2.

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Looking obliquely. Specifically (Med.), not having the optic axes coincident; -- said of the eyes. See Squint, n., 2.

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Having eyes that quint; having eyes with axes not coincident; cross-eyed.

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Having eyes that quint; having eyes with axes not coincident; cross-eyed.

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Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a tortuous train; a tortuous leaf or corolla.

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Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a tortuous train; a tortuous leaf or corolla.

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of Wander

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of Wander

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of Wind

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of Wind

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The quality or state of being indirect; obliquity; deviousness; crookedness.

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The quality or state of being indirect; obliquity; deviousness; crookedness.

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of Crook

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of Crook

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of Relate

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of Relate

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The quality of being direct; straightness; straightforwardness; immediateness.

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The quality of being direct; straightness; straightforwardness; immediateness.

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The quality, condition, or state, of being straight; as, the straightness of a path.

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The quality, condition, or state, of being straight; as, the straightness of a path.

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Coming from, being on, or directed toward, the side; as, collateral pressure.

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Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

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Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

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