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Even a purely moral act that has no hope of any immediate and visible political effect can gradually and indirectly, over time, gain in political significance.
Vaclav Havel

Meaning of "indirectly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INDIRECTLY

indirectly  [ˌɪndaɪˈrɛktlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INDIRECTLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Indirectly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES INDIRECTLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of indirectly in the English dictionary

The definition of indirectly in the dictionary is in a way that does not cause something to happen immediately or obviously, but because of something else that someone has done. Other definition of indirectly is in a way that suggests or alludes to something, without actually mentioning it or stating it clearly.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INDIRECTLY


abjectly
ˈæbdʒɛktlɪ
abstractly
ˈæbstræktlɪ
adjunctly
ˈædʒʌŋktlɪ
circumspectly
ˈsɜːkəmˌspɛktlɪ
compactly
kəmˈpæktlɪ
conjunctly
kənˈdʒʌŋktlɪ
correctly
kəˈrektlɪ
directly
dɪˈrɛktlɪ
distinctly
dɪˈstɪŋktlɪ
erectly
ɪˈrektlɪ
exactly
ɪɡˈzæktlɪ
hypercorrectly
ˌhaɪpəkəˈrɛktlɪ
imperfectly
ɪmˈpɜːfɪktlɪ
incorrectly
ˌɪnkəˈrektlɪ
indistinctly
ˌɪndɪˈstɪŋktlɪ
matter-of-factly
ˌmætərəvˈfæktlɪ
perfectly
ˈpɜːfɪktlɪ
selectly
sɪˈlektlɪ
strictly
ˈstrɪktlɪ
succinctly
səkˈsɪŋktlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INDIRECTLY

indirect
indirect costs
indirect demand
indirect discourse
indirect discrimination
indirect labour
indirect lighting
indirect object
indirect proof
indirect question
indirect speech
indirect tax
indirect taxation
indirection
indirectness
indirubin
indiscernibility
indiscernible
indiscernibleness
indiscernibly

WORDS THAT END LIKE INDIRECTLY

apparently
consistently
constantly
currently
differently
frequently
greatly
honestly
independently
instantly
intactly
mostly
not exactly
partly
recently
shortly
significantly
slightly
subsequently
unperfectly

Synonyms and antonyms of indirectly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INDIRECTLY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «indirectly» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of indirectly

Translation of «indirectly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INDIRECTLY

Find out the translation of indirectly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of indirectly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «indirectly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

间接
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

indirectamente
570 millions of speakers

English

indirectly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

परोक्ष रूप से
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غير مباشر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

косвенно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

indiretamente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পরোক্ষভাবে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

indirectement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Secara tidak langsung
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

indirekt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

間接的に
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

간접적으로
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Langsung
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gián tiếp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மறைமுகமாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अप्रत्यक्षपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dolaylı olarak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

indirettamente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pośrednio
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

побічно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

indirect
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

έμμεσα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

indirek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

indirekt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

indirekte
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of indirectly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INDIRECTLY»

The term «indirectly» is very widely used and occupies the 16.867 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INDIRECTLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «indirectly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «indirectly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about indirectly

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10 QUOTES WITH «INDIRECTLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word indirectly.
1
Jhene Aiko
I always say the person who taught me how to sing indirectly because I listened to her all the time was Brandy. I fell in love with her voice when I was six years old. I always loved Brandy.
2
Kojo Annan
I have never participated directly or indirectly in any business related to the United Nations.
3
Randy Bachman
The fact that the internet is so active; people can now speak to me indirectly.
4
Paul Cellucci
Ironically, the Canadian naval vessels, aircraft and personnel in the Persian Gulf I mentioned earlier who are fighting terrorism will provide more support indirectly to this war in Iraq than most of the 46 countries that are fully supporting our efforts there.
5
Michael Feldman
I can only approach things indirectly, or I can't approach them at all.
6
Kenneth C. Griffin
When a company creates a product that directly or indirectly adversely impacts the health of people, that product must be regulated. The process by which it's created must be regulated. No company has the right to injure people. No company.
7
Eduard Hanslick
Grant that the true organ with which the beautiful is apprehended is the imagination, and it follows that all arts are likely to affect the feelings indirectly.
8
Vaclav Havel
Even a purely moral act that has no hope of any immediate and visible political effect can gradually and indirectly, over time, gain in political significance.
9
Noreena Hertz
What about those who help growth indirectly, those who stay at home and look after others - mothers, carers of elderly parents or sick relatives who save the state millions of pounds annually. What is their worth? How is their value to be determined?
10
Douglas Lain
The genre of science fiction is a fun house, an amusement park ride, but it's also a problem. The question that's always being indirectly asked is this: 'Just who do we think we are and, further, who do we want to be?'

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INDIRECTLY»

Discover the use of indirectly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to indirectly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Obliquity: Why our goals are best achieved indirectly
If you want to go in one direction, the best route may involve going in another. This is the concept of 'obliquity': paradoxical as it sounds, many goals are more likely to be achieved when pursued indirectly.
John Kay, 2011
2
Meander: East to West, Indirectly, Along a Turkish River
Jeremy Seal, a natural raconteur, takes readers from the Meander's source in the uplands of Central Turkey to its mouth on the Aegean, with as many historical, cultural, and personal asides as there are bends in the river.
Jeremy Seal, 2012
3
Communicating the Faith Indirectly: Selected Sermons, ...
Selected Sermons, Addresses, and Prayers Paul L. Holmer David J. Gouwens, Lee C. Barrett. THE PAUL L. HOLMER PAPERS Edited by David I. Gouwens Lee C. Barrett III VOLUME THREE THE FAITH INDIRECTLY Paul L. Holmer Foreword  ...
Paul L. Holmer, David J. Gouwens, Lee C. Barrett, 2012
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Communicating the Faith Indirectly: Selected Sermons, ...
Communicating the Faith Indirectly Selected Sermons, Addresses, and Prayers Paul L. Holmer Edited by DavidJ. Gouwens and Lee C. Barrett III Forewordby WilliamH.Willimon Afterword by David Cain Communicating the Faith Indirectly ...
Paul L. Holmer
5
Foreign Direct Investment in the Real and Financial Sector ...
European affiliates are more likely than others to be indirectly held, so one possible interpretation of the indirect ownership results is that they largely reflect the tax sensitivity of European investment. Columns 3 and 4 of Table 7 report ...
Heinz Herrmann, Robert E. Lipsey, 2003
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Work Choices
An attempt was made in argument to develop that proposition by adding to it what was described as '[t]he principle that Parliament cannot do indirectly what it cannot do directly'. Two points need to be made about that. First, it is one thing to  ...
Andrew Stewart, George Williams, 2007
7
What is Truth?
and in particular on whether it does or does not contain a genuine name, while whether it is indirectly about anything depends not on its form but on a fact of nature. 'The King of France is bald' and 'The King of Sweden is bald' are neither of ...
Christopher John Fards Williams, 1976
8
Indirectly Aggressive Bullying Behaviors and Relationship ...
The current study examines the relationship between objective and subjective relationship closeness and the use and experience of specific indirectly aggressive behaviors by 119 female first year university students (M= 18.16, SD = 0.41 ...
Tara Reich, 2007
9
Language and Time
A property F is indirectly ascribed by a sentence-token if a part of that token indirectly refers to F. A property F is indirectly referred to by a locution L if L refers to F via sense. The most obvious cases of indirect ascription occur in sentences such ...
Quentin Smith, 2002
10
A Selection of ... Internal Revenue Service Tax Information ...
The gain is ordinary income if the transaction is either directly or indirectly between: 1 ) A person and the person's controlled entity or entities (discussed below), 2) A taxpayer and any trust in which the taxpayer (or his or her spouse) is a ...
‎1992

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INDIRECTLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term indirectly is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ken Stabler indirectly influenced Derek Carr's football upbringing …
The current Raiders quarterback never had the chance to meet his team's most storied passer. Ken Stabler was a big part of Derek Carr's ... «FOXSports.com, Jul 15»
2
Loonie going in dangerous zone as CAD remains indirectly
Loonie going in dangerous zone as CAD remains indirectly proportional to crude. Friday, July 17, 2015 1:08 PM GMT. The Fed is leaning towards rate hike ... «EconoTimes, Jul 15»
3
GBP/USD could be buoyed by BOE minutes next week - FXstreet.com
However, for the first time this week, Carney stated that rates could rise at the turn of this year, indirectly pointing to a possible rate hike in early ... «FXStreet, Jul 15»
4
Hacking Team apparently violated EU rules in sale of spyware to …
[providing], directly or indirectly, technical assistance or brokering services related to dual-use goods and technology, or related to the provision ... «Ars Technica UK, Jul 15»
5
I-Minerals Inc. Announces Filing of Updated Early Warning Report …
Mr. Ball now holds, directly and indirectly, 26,675,910 common shares of the Company, representing 32.29% of the 82,608,710 common ... «MarketWatch, Jul 15»
6
Ukrainians, Australian kin mark year since MH17 downing | WINK …
“Those directly or indirectly responsible for the downing of MH17 must be held accountable and brought to justice,” she said. Australia, Belgium ... «Wink News, Jul 15»
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Comments - B92
Any true investigation will most likely reveal his involvement whether directly or indirectly. Stones and bottles of water in an organized attempt to ... «B92, Jul 15»
8
Greek maritime industry fears being punished for its success
... the big shipping companies without pushing out a vital sector that is responsible for — directly and indirectly — about 200,000 well paid jobs. «Financial Times, Jul 15»
9
Gawker David Geithner Post - Refinery29
It's a shitty tactic, but it indirectly does some good. A story like this, on the other hand, helps no one. Of course, it is true that if you decide to have ... «Refinery29, Jul 15»
10
Getting to Know the CBA - Winging It In Motown
(a) No Club or Club Actor, directly or indirectly, may: (i) enter into any agreements, promises, undertakings, representations, commitments, ... «Winging It In Motown, Jul 15»

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