Indirectly
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
In an indirect manner; not in a straight line or course; not expressly; not by direct or straightforward means.
Unfairly; crookedly.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adverb.
In an direct manner; not in a straight line or course; not in express terms; obliquely; not by direct means; hence, unfairly; wrongly.
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adverb.
In an
indirect
manner.
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adverb.
not in a forthright manner
Word Usage
"But what if English borrowed the Chinese term indirectly, via Korean?"
Antonyms
Words with the opposite meaning
directly
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
beckley
correctly
directly
incorrectly
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
at an angle
by proxy
circlewise
circuitously
circuitously