indirectly

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of indirectly Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium. Arkansas Online, 25 Oct. 2025 In the United States, there is a long history of sports betting and match-fixing crimes that have been tied to organized crime, both directly and indirectly. Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025 This includes forest loss caused directly by coffee farming - where land was cleared to grow the crop - as well as indirectly, from nearby road and infrastructure projects, for example. NPR, 24 Oct. 2025 Bank of America economist David Tinsley warns that consumers are indirectly footing part of the bill for the AI boom through higher utility costs. Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025 It can also be spread indirectly through manure, equipment, vehicles, egg flats, crates, clothing and shoes, water and, potentially, feed. Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 17 Oct. 2025 Attorney Ben Crump, who represented the Owens family, told NBC News that the skate was thrown indirectly. Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025 The rules of fiction require me to do this indirectly, constructing a narrator—whether a character or an imagined voice—to deliver the text at hand. Vauhini Vara, The Atlantic, 16 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indirectly
obliquely
Adverb
  • But Sage also shows up later in the episode to obliquely discuss their plans for Marie.
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Indirectly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indirectly. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

More from Merriam-Webster on indirectly

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!