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# indirectly

adverb (indirectly)

«indirectly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Not straight from the source; by way of someone or something else: I heard the news indirectly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indirectly/#m1)

### In the lessons

a message or help passed on through a friend or go-between

### Examples

- I heard the news indirectly, from my cousin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indirectly/#x1)
- The advice came indirectly through a friend. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indirectly/#x2)
- The sun warms us indirectly through the air. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indirectly/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «indirectly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indirectly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«indirectly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/indirectly.html) on Mova free.