<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>not in a direct course or path; deviating from a straight line; roundabout: an indirect course in sailing.</li><li>coming or resulting otherwise than directly or immediately, as effects or consequences: an indirect advantage.</li><li>Synonyms: secondary, unintentional, incidental.</li><li>not direct in action or procedure: His methods are indirect but not dishonest.</li><li>not straightforward; devious; deceitful: He is known as a shady, indirect fellow.</li><li>not direct in bearing, application, force, etc.: indirect evidence.</li><li>Grammar: of, relating to, or characteristic of indirect discourse: an indirect quote.</li><li>not descending in a direct line of succession, as a title or inheritance.</li></ul>