He answered very indirectly. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : an indirect course in sailing. ,an indirect advantage. ,His methods are indirect but not dishonest. ,He is known as a shady, indirect fellow. ,indirect evidence. ,an indirect quote. From Dictionary.com.
But what if English borrowed the Chinese term indirectly, via Korean?. From Wordnik.com. [The English Is Coming!] Reference
It will come indirectly from the conversation of their elders. From Wordnik.com. [Nobel Lecture - Literature 2001] Reference
Slappy, are you saying that Palin indirectly got teabagged by a moose?. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Palin: Obama could win reelection if he ‘played the war card’ and declared ‘war on Iran.’] Reference
A second clientele we serve, albeit indirectly, is the artistic community. From Wordnik.com. [Broadcasting in the Nineties: New Balances, New Perspectives] Reference
I think ST had Jehosephat on the brain indirectly because of Sesame Street. From Wordnik.com. [Language Lesson] Reference
It may possibly come, indirectly, from the Danish word pokker, signifying the devil. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 3. The Period of Growth. 4. Loan-Words and Non-English Influences] Reference
But, the source said, Rove is "pretty sure he heard it directly or indirectly from a media source.". From Wordnik.com. [07/17/2005] Reference
Plain English indirectly encourages writers to use multi-word verbs instead of their one-word equivalents. From Wordnik.com. [Writing for a global audience « Musings from an overworked translator] Reference
They don't; they come indirectly from the Greeks and have been filtered by two millenia of other thinkers. From Wordnik.com. ["Let them learn Latin"] Reference
If you are a shopkeeper, you are getting in indirectly from your customers, who get it directly from Ottawa. From Wordnik.com. [Eightieth Anniversary Luncheon] Reference
The Pool had been in politics indirectly from the first, but it has now definitely become a major political issue. From Wordnik.com. [Canada and Her Wheat] Reference
Swedes should import their wine, salt, &c. directly from France, instead of obtaining them indirectly from the Dutch. From Wordnik.com. [A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson] Reference
What I mean by indirectly is intentionally hiring a contractor who -- for the specific purpose of hiring an illegal immigrant. From Wordnik.com. [Lou Dobbs, Nation's Isabel Macdonald Clash Over Illegal Immigration Story On 'Last Word' (VIDEO)] Reference
For years before the war practically all the potash in this country came directly or indirectly from the Stassfurt beds in Prussia. From Wordnik.com. [The Research Council and Its Work] Reference
Just look at the folks who opposed municipal networks – most of them are being paid directly or indirectly from the incumbent monopolies. From Wordnik.com. [Buzz, blogs, and bucks « BuzzMachine] Reference
In another way -- indirectly, that is to say -- in so far as. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition] Reference
17 Stilicho, directly or indirectly, is the perpetual theme of Claudian. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
The nitrogen-free-extract is determined indirectly, that is, by the method of difference. From Wordnik.com. [Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value] Reference
I object to being taxed indirectly, which is how Obama will make up the cost of his cuts and credits. From Wordnik.com. [Did Sarah Palin really call Obama "Barack the Wealth Spender"?] Reference
The "Free Soil" mart in claiming that name indirectly attempts a deception, by implying that Whigs were not Free. From Wordnik.com. [The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 2: 1843-1858] Reference
I’d link to these materials from my site, and indirectly from the second edition of my Academic Legal Writing book. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Successful law review write-ons:] Reference
However, the emotion has its expression indirectly through games, plays and other incidents that can be used as masks. From Wordnik.com. [A Preliminary Study of the Emotion of Love between the Sexes] Reference
So, tracing the commands containing a RND only once could not be sufficient to locate all PGCs called indirectly by that PGC. From Wordnik.com. [Doom9's Forum] Reference
According to Davidson, a quotation refers to an expression indirectly, by referring to a token that instantiates that expression. From Wordnik.com. [Quotation] Reference
REPLY/COMMENTS: Both lowland and mountain gorillas consume insects, deliberately and indirectly, that is, on the vegetation they consume. From Wordnik.com. [Are we meat eaters or vegetarians? Part I | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.] Reference
"And, indirectly, that is where my heart-sickness comes in," she continued, with a return to something of her former abstraction and gloom. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance] Reference
An African leader Thursday called indirectly on South Africa's. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Canadian citizens were tortured--but those bureaucrats were only "indirectly" responsible. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-10-01] Reference
And as for "indirectly" guaranteeing its behavior; I can hardly guarantee behavior that I can't predict. From Wordnik.com. [Aiguy's Computer] Reference
President-elect Obama's efforts on behalf of an ethics bill in Illinois "indirectly" led to yesterday's dramatic arrest of Gov. From Wordnik.com. [Blagojevich, Illinois Governor, Arrested (VIDEO)] Reference
Since the sufficient reason for the existence of contingent things must "indirectly" be a necessary being, a necessary being exists. From Wordnik.com. [Moses Mendelssohn] Reference
By "indirectly," I mean, for example, a donation made contemporaneously with the show to support the general operations of the museum. From Wordnik.com. [Lee Rosenbaum: "Skin Fruit" Fallout: Seven Rules Museums Need to Avoid Perils of Single-Collector Shows] Reference
After she was hired, Norton contacted the Pentagon and Interior's Bureau of Land Management, "indirectly,". From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
She also professed to have only "indirectly" known about CL Financial's troubles when she withdrew her money. From Wordnik.com. [newsday.co.tt] Reference
Then the Tennessee Housing Development Agency "kind of indirectly became aware of this and were concerned about it," said Brewer. From Wordnik.com. [The Memphis Daily News] Reference
Economic, infrastructure, and military targets come directly or indirectly from the Chinese government and military. ". From Wordnik.com. [ZDNet UK Highlights] Reference
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