Indirectness

Indirectness
Indirectness In`di*rect"ness, n. 1. The quality or state of being indirect; obliquity; deviousness; crookedness. [1913 Webster]

2. Deviation from an upright or straightforward course; unfairness; dishonesty. --W. Montagu. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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