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indirect
adjective as in roundabout; unintended
Strongest matches
Strong match
Weak matches
- circular
- circumlocutory
- complicated
- contingent
- crooked
- devious
- discursive
- duplicitous
- erratic
- eventual
- long
- long way home
- long-drawn-out
- long-winded
- meandering
- obscure
- out-of-the-way
- periphrastic
- rambling
- secondary
- serpentine
- sidelong
- sinister
- sinuous
- snaking
- sneaking
- sneaky
- subsidiary
- twisting
- underhand
- vagrant
- wandering
- winding
- zigzag
Example Sentences
But the tariff battle may also bring indirect effects that could bump up travelers’ costs, anxieties or both.
The current law states if a goalkeeper holds on to a ball for six seconds, then an indirect free-kick is awarded to the opposition.
Mauricette and her husband pressed charges the very next day, and they are now listed as "indirect victims" of Le Scouarnec.
Under the current law keepers should be punished if they hold the ball for more than six seconds, with the opposition being awarded an indirect free-kick.
Hamas accused Israel of a "blatant" violation of the deal and said indirect talks about further steps, including on the deal's second phase, were conditional on the prisoners being released.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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