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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Indirectly \In'di*rect"ly\, adverb In an direct manner; not in a straight line or course; not in express terms; obliquely; not by direct means; hence, unfairly; wrongly.
To tax it indirectly by taxing their expense. --A. Smith.
Your crown and kingdom indirectly held. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
indirectly
adverb: not in a forthright manner; "he answered very indirectly" [ant: {directly}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
29 Moby Thesaurus words for "indirectly": at an angle, by proxy, circlewise, circuitously, deceitfully, deviately, deviously, digressively, divagationally, divergently, excursively, fraudulently, furtively, guilefully, in behalf of, insidiously, obliquely, on one side, round about, shiftily, sideling, sidelong, sideways, sidewise, surreptitiously, to one side, treacherously, trickily, underhandedly
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