Another word for indirectly

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indirectly

modif.

obliquely, by implication, by indirection, in a roundabout way, from a secondary source, secondhand, not immediately, diffusely, circumlocutorily, periphrastically, discursively, lengthily.

Antonyms immediately*, directly, primarily.

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Extinction may come about indirectly and even more surely.
Sofi indirectly confirmed something he didn't want to acknowledge: Jessi was in his life for more than one reason.
He lived with the exiled court of Margaret of Anjou at Bar until 1470, and took an active part in the diplomacy which led to the coalition of Warwick and Clarence with the Lancastrians and Louis XI., and indirectly to Edward IV.'s expulsion from the throne.
Howitt points out, which can be twisted into referring even indirectly to their first arrival.
In 1553 The electors consisted of an indefinite number of freemen, about 50 in all, indirectly nominated by the mayor and corporation, which existed by prescription.

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