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# indirectly

«indirectly» in Mova's school dictionary: **Not straight from the source; by way of someone or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (indirectly)

### meaning for a pupil

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

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

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «indirectly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/indirectly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.