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periphrastically
Main Entry:
indirectly
Part of Speech:
adverb
Definition:
obliquely
Synonyms:
circumlocutorily, diffusely, discursively, in a roundabout way, not immediately,
periphrastically
, secondhand
Antonyms:
directly
,
immediately
,
primarily
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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