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Obliquely :: Obliquely (adv.) In an oblique manner; not directly; indirectly.

Undirectly :: Undirectly (adv.) Indirectly.

Allusion :: Allusion (n.) A reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned; a covert indication; indirect reference; a hint..

Tax :: Tax (n.) To charge; to accuse; also, to censure; -- often followed by with, rarely by of before an indirect object; as, to tax a man with pride..

Circle :: Circle (n.) Indirect form of words; circumlocution.

Allude :: Allude (v. i.) To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to have reference to a subject not specifically and plainly mentioned; -- followed by to; as, the story alludes to a recent transaction..

Burke :: Burke (v. t.) To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to suppress; to smother; to shelve; as, to burke a parliamentary question..

Which :: Which (a.) A interrogative pronoun, used both substantively and adjectively, and in direct and indirect questions, to ask for, or refer to, an individual person or thing among several of a class; as, which man is it? which woman was it? which is the house? he asked which route he should take; which is best, to live or to die? See the Note under What, pron., 1..

Oblique :: Oblique (a.) Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister..

Undirect :: Undirect (a.) Indirect.

Indirectness :: Indirectness (n.) The quality or state of being indirect; obliquity; deviousness; crookedness.

Subornation :: Suborn (v. t.) To procure privately, or by collusion; to procure by indirect means; to incite secretly; to instigate..

Storven :: Storthing (n.) The Parliament of Norway, chosen by indirect election once in three years, but holding annual sessions..

Circumbendibus :: Circumbendibus (n.) A roundabout or indirect way.

Bye :: Bye (n.) A thing not directly aimed at; something which is a secondary object of regard; an object by the way, etc.; as in on or upon the bye, i. e., in passing; indirectly; by implication..

Contagion :: Contagion (n.) The transmission of a disease from one person to another, by direct or indirect contact..

Grudge :: Grudge (v. t.) To look upon with desire to possess or to appropriate; to envy (one) the possession of; to begrudge; to covet; to give with reluctance; to desire to get back again; -- followed by the direct object only, or by both the direct and indirect objects..

To :: To (prep.) In a very general way, and with innumerable varieties of application, to connects transitive verbs with their remoter or indirect object, and adjectives, nouns, and neuter or passive verbs with a following noun which limits their action. Its sphere verges upon that of for, but it contains less the idea of design or appropriation; as, these remarks were addressed to a large audience; let us keep this seat to ourselves; a substance sweet to the taste; an event painful to the mind; duty

Periphrase :: Periphrase (n.) The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution..

Indirect :: Indirect (a.) Not straightforward or upright; unfair; dishonest; tending to mislead or deceive.

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