adjective Not direct: Not of obvious or immediate cause, but as a secondary result.
The direct result of socialising every day in the bars may be happiness and meeting new people, but the indirect results could be addiction, or even poverty.
adjective Not of obvious or immediate cause, but as a secondary result.
The direct result of socialising every day in the bars may be happiness and meeting new people, but the indirect results could be addiction, or even poverty.
adjective Not focused straight at the target or subject; whose true aim appears secondary or obscure.
adjective Not involving the quickest, shortest, or most convenient path; oblique.
In an effort to beat the traffic jams, they opted to take an indirect route to their destination.
adjective Employing argument by contradiction; making use the law of the excluded middle; arguing via the contrapositive.
adjective Figuratively Not straightforward, fair, or honest; corrupt.
adjective Not straightforward, fair, or honest; corrupt.