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indirectly

/ˌɪn.dɪˈɹɛk(t).li/

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What does indirectly mean?

adverb

  1. In an indirect manner.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˌɪn.dɪˈɹɛk(t).li/

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/ˌɪn.daɪˈɹɛk(t).li/
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It cannot be denied that the effects of this extreme license of the press tend indirectly to the maintenance of public order.
Alexis de TocquevilleDemocracy in America — Volume 1Translated by Henry ReeveProject Gutenberg ebook #815
Nelson knew that, by the Navigation Act, no foreigners, directly or indirectly, are permitted to carry on any trade with these possessions.
Robert SoutheyThe Life of Horatio, Lord NelsonProject Gutenberg ebook #947
More book examples (3)
But indirectly these conventions of business life are of the gravest consequence for the industrial process and for the life of the community.
Thorstein VeblenThe Theory of the Leisure ClassProject Gutenberg ebook #833
In a rough way we might thus say that the chemical energy of the food indirectly produces the motion of these little nerve-molecules.
John FiskeThe Unseen World, and Other EssaysProject Gutenberg ebook #1486
Society, in its organization, places its emphasis on child-bearing, and so indirectly reproduction becomes a great social aim rather than an individual purpose.
Abraham MyersonThe Foundations of PersonalityProject Gutenberg ebook #1575