Definition for Indirectly:

• In an indirect manner.

Synonyms for Indirectly:

• adv

  •sideways (adverb)
  • the side.

• adv.

  •all (adverb)
  • indirectly.
  •circumstantially (adverb)
  • inconclusively,
  • circumstantially,
  • presumptively,
  • eventually,
  • incidentally,
  • uncertainly,
  • occasionally,
  • Inferentially.
  •sideways (adverb)
  • crabwise,
  • obliquely,
  • slantingly,
  • sloping,
  • slanting,
  • aslope,
  • laterally,
  • to the side,
  • sidewards,
  • alongside,
  • aslant,
  • broadside,
  • edgeways,
  • athwart,
  • side by side,
  • aside,
  • slantwise.
  •subtly (adverb)
  • delicately,
  • implicitly,
  • elusively,
  • subtly.

• n.

  •
  • subliminal,
  • unclear,
  • I/you/she etc. would never guess,
  • hidden,
  • discreet,
  • underlying,
  • inward,
  • unobtrusive,
  • subtle,
  • undetected.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • specifically.
  •edgeways
  • sidelong.

Paraphrases for Indirectly:

• Forward Entailment

  • Adverb
    directly.

• Independent

  • Adverb
    implicitly, obliquely, tacitly, inversely, direct, remotely, incidentally.

Antonyms for Indirectly:

• adv.

  • all
    directly.
  • indirectly
    primarily, immediately.
  • Other antonyms:
    straight, flat.

Indirectly Sentence Examples:

• But we do more than use these movements of our body to effect our aims by direct means; we have now come to the pass when we act indirectly on nature, when we call processes into play which lie beyond the reach of any explanation we can give by the kind of thought which has been sufficient for the steering of our craft as a whole.

• She had told him, indirectly perhaps, but still told him, of her troubles with young Sam.