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What does indirect mean?

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Adjective
  1. Not direct; roundabout; deceiving; setting a trap; confusing.
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The system is employed in a variety of modes, including autonomous, air-to-ground, direct or indirect, single-shot and rapid or ripple fire.
But in Standard Spoken English, we use the indirect quotative almost exclusively.
It will be a matter of judgment whether and how to take account of indirect evidence.
Art cognizes reality by its own means, which are more indirect and roundabout, than those of science or historiography.
But sceptics say he still has to cut spending or raise taxes to balance the books and could raise indirect taxes in next year's budget.
The commentaries are not at all what they seem to the student puzzling over the ablative absolutes and indirect discourse.

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