| query | I_______ remarks and information suggest something or refer to it, without actually mentioning it or stating it clearly .Indirect remarks and information suggest something or refer to it, without actually mentioning it or stating it clearly . His remarks amounted to an indirect appeal for economic aid. There were indirect references to his opponent. So far the evidence is only indirect. He referred indirectly to the territorial dispute. |
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| word | indirect |
| full-definition | adjective An indirect result or effect is not caused immediately and obviously by a thing or person, but happens because of something else that they have done. Businesses are feeling the indirect effects from the recession that's going on elsewhere. Millions could die of hunger as an indirect result of the war. His influence has been profound, but it has been indirect. There is clear evidence that mobile phone usage has been indirectly responsible for a number of accidents. The president is indirectly elected by parliament. An indirect route or journey does not use the shortest or easiest way between two places. The goods went by a rather indirect route. Indirect remarks and information suggest something or refer to it, without actually mentioning it or stating it clearly . His remarks amounted to an indirect appeal for economic aid. There were indirect references to his opponent. So far the evidence is only indirect. He referred indirectly to the territorial dispute. |
| inflections | indirectlyon the grapevineindirectlyon the grapevine |
| cefr-level | B1 |
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