indirect

a. சுற்றுமுகமான, எதிர்முகமல்லாத, சுற்றி வளைத்துச் செல்கிற, நேரடியல்லாத, நேர்வழியல்லாப் பிறிது வழியான, பிறிதூடு செல்கிற.,,சுற்றிவளைத்துக் கூறுகிற, மறைமுகமான, குறிப்பாகத் தெரிவிக்கிற, நேராக அமையாத, பிறிதூடாகத் தாக்குகிற, (இலக்) தன்மொழிக்கூற்றாயமையாத, பிறிதுமொழிக் கூற்றான.

Synonyms

direct rectilinear undeviating unswerving right nearestenlighten educate inform indoctrinate acquaint teach edify train discipline direct initiate command

Antonyms

indirect winding incurved tortuous sinuous serpentine circuitous waving crookedmisinform miseducate misinstruct misguide mislead misacquaint deceive neglect barbarize brutalize

In`di*rect", a. Etym: [Pref. in- not + direct: cf. F. indirect.] 1. Not direct; not straight or rectilinear; deviating from a direct line or course; circuitous; as, an indirect road. 2. Not tending to an aim, purpose, or result by the plainest course, or by obvious means, but obliquely or consequentially; by remote means; as, an indirect accusation, attack, answer, or proposal. By what bypaths and indirect, crooked ways I met this crown. Shak. 3. Not straightforward or upright; unfair; dishonest; tending to mislead or deceive. Indirect dealing will be discovered one time or other. Tillotson. 4. Not resulting directly from an act or cause, but more or less remotely connected with or growing out of it; as, indirect results, damages, or claims. 5. (Logic & Math.) Defn: Not reaching the end aimed at by the most plain and direct method; as, an indirect proof, demonstration, etc. Indirect claims, claims for remote or consequential damage. Such claims were presented to and thrown out by the commissioners who arbitrated the damage inflicted on the United States by the Confederate States cruisers built and supplied by Great Britain. -- Indirect demonstration, a mode of demonstration in which proof is given by showing that any other supposition involves an absurdity (reductio ad absurdum), or an impossibility; thus, one quantity may be proved equal to another by showing that it can be neither greater nor less. -- Indirect discourse. (Gram.) See Direct discourse, under Direct. -- Indirect evidence, evidence or testimony which is circumstantial or inferential, but without witness; -- opposed to direct evidence. -- Indirect tax, a tax, such as customs, excises, etc., exacted directly from the merchant, but paid indirectly by the consumer in the higher price demanded for the articles of merchandise.

indirect - Similar Words

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