INDIRECT

adjective see: dress Date: 14th century not direct: as, a. deviating from a direct line or course ; roundabout , not going straight to the point , being or involving proof of a proposition or theorem by demonstration that its negation leads to an absurdity or contradiction, not straightforward and open ; deceitful , not directly aimed at or achieved , stating what a real or supposed original speaker said with changes in wording that conform the statement grammatically to the sentence in which it is included , not effected by the action of the people or the electorate , ~ly adverb ~ness noun