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   In·di·rect·ly

   /ˌindəˈrek(t)lē/

   

   adverb

   • 1. in a way that is not directly caused by something; incidentally: "the losses indirectly affect us all" Similar incidentallyaccidentallysecondarilyconcomitantlycontingentlyconsequentiallysecondhandat second handin a roundabout wayfrom othersinformal:on the grapevineon the bush/jungle telegraphobliquelyby implicationby hintingallusivelyOpposite directly
   • 2. without having had direct experience; at second hand: "I heard of the damage indirectly"
   • 3. through implication; obliquely: "both writers refer, if only indirectly, to a wealth of other art"

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