1.
An ~ 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 ~ effects from the recession that’s going on elsewhere...
? direct
ADJ: usu ADJ n
~ly
Drugs are ~ly responsible for the violence...
ADV: usu ADV adj, ADV with v, also ADV with cl
2.
An ~ route or journey does not use the shortest or easiest way between two places.
The goods went by a rather ~ route.
? direct
ADJ
3.
Indirect remarks and information suggest something or refer to it, without actually mentioning it or stating it clearly.
His remarks amounted to an ~ appeal for economic aid...
ADJ
~ly
He referred ~ly to the territorial dispute.
ADV: ADV with v