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indirection

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True, the landlord could not by any hint or indirection discover from whence his midnight visitor came.

Of course it was done honestly; nobody suspects the Mayor of Boston of double-dealing, of intrigue, or of any indirection!

"It is not impossible that I shall want them myself," responded Bean, unconsciously adopting the Tully indirection.

All direct approaches failing, at last he tried indirection.

He refers to this second wife once by indirection, thus: "The children of Laura are no longer motherless."

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On this page you'll find 64 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to indirection, such as: artifice, bunk, cheating, chicane, chicanery, and corruption.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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