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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
The study describes how these indirect interactions could be tested in upcoming experiments, allowing scientists to eliminate certain dark matter models while refining others.
The think tank’s analysts simulated the indirect effects of covering these drugs.
The reports will lay out everything from energy used at corporate sites to indirect emissions from suppliers.
The M777 howitzer is an indirect fire weapon, meaning that it’s made to loft explosive shells in an arced trajectory over friendly forces and into enemy territory.
Many results came from indirect comparisons, certain outcomes lacked long-term data, and smaller studies may have influenced some early findings.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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