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Synonyms for Indirect (same or very similar meaning)

WordNet sense 1 (being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate):
secondary

WordNet sense 2 (descended from a common ancestor but through different lines):
collateral

WordNet sense 3 (acting through or dependent on an intervening agency):
mediate

WordNet sense 4 (not straightforward):
tortuous

WordNet sense 5 ((of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects):
discursive, rambling

WordNet sense 6 (indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading):
devious, oblique

WordNet sense 7 (roundabout and unnecessarily wordy):
circumlocutory

WordNet sense 8 (marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct):
circuitous, roundabout

WordNet sense 9 (of a path e.g.):
wandering

WordNet sense 10 ((used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy):
sidelong, squint


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