Pronunciation: /ˌɪndɪˈrɛk(t)li/
adverb
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1in a way that is not directly caused by something; incidentally: the losses indirectly affect us all
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2without having had direct experience; at second hand: I heard of the damage indirectly
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3through implication; obliquely: both writers refer, if only indirectly, to a wealth of other art