Indirection Definition & Meaning | Bay Area Crosswords

About The Word Indirection

Learn about the word Indirection to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Indirection definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Indirection

Indirection Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Indirection? [n] deceitful action that is not straightforward; "he could see through the indirections of diplomats" [n] indirect procedure or action; "he tried to find out by indirection" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Indirection: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Indirection: aberrancy \| aberration \| ambages \| artfulness \| bend \| bias \| branching off \| cheat \| chicane \| chicanery \| circling \| circuition \| circuitousness \| circuitry \| circularity \| circulation \| circumambience \| circumambiency \| circumambulation \| circumflexion \| circumlocution \| circummigration \| circumnavigation \| corner \| corruptedness \| corruption \| corruptness \| craft \| criminality \| crook \| crookedness \| crosswiseness \| cunning \| curve \| deceit \| deceitfulness \| declination \| deflection \| deflexure \| departure \| detour \| deviance \| deviancy \| deviation \| deviousness \| diagonality \| digression \| dirt \| discursion \| dishonesty \| dishonor \| divagation \| divarication \| divergence \| diversion \| dogleg \| double \| double-dealing \| drift \| drifting \| dupery \| duplicity \| errantry \| evasiveness \| excursion \| excursus \| exorbitation \| falseheartedness \| falseness \| feloniousness \| fraud \| fraudulence \| fraudulency \| furtiveness \| guile \| gyre \| gyring \| hairpin \| hanky-panky \| hypocrisy \| improbity \| indirectness \| insidiousness \| meandering \| nonconformity \| obliqueness \| obliquity \| orbit \| orbiting \| pererration \| periphrase \| periphrasis \| rambling \| roundaboutness \| rounding \| shadiness \| sheer \| shift \| shiftiness \| shifting \| shifting course \| shifting path \| skew \| skewness \| slant \| slipperiness \| sneak attack \| sneakiness \| spiral \| spiraling \| squint \| straying \| surreptitiousness \| sweep \| swerve \| swerving \| swinging \| tack \| transverseness \| treacherousness \| trickiness \| turn \| turning \| twist \| unconscientiousness \| underhandedness \| unsavoriness \| unscrupulousness \| unstraightforwardness \| vagary \| variation \| veer \| wandering \| warp \| wheeling \| yaw \| zigzag See Also \| deceit \| deception \| dissembling \| dissimulation \| procedure \| process Indirection In Webster's Dictionary \In`di*rec"tion\, n. [Cf. F. indirection.] Oblique course or means; dishonest practices; indirectness. ``By indirections find directions out.'' --Shak.

Indirection Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Indirection?

[n] deceitful action that is not straightforward; "he could see through the indirections of diplomats"
[n] indirect procedure or action; "he tried to find out by indirection"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Indirection:

Indirection In Webster's Dictionary

\In`di*rec"tion\, n. [Cf. F. indirection.]
Oblique course or means; dishonest practices; indirectness.
``By indirections find directions out.'' --Shak.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

Lanoxin ‐ digitalis preparation (trade name Lanoxin) used to treat congestive…
Plesiosaurus ‐ extinct marine reptile with a small head on a long neck a short…
Rest ‐ freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility); "took…
Steam boiler ‐ sealed vessel where water is…
Procarbazine ‐ an antineoplastic drug used to treat…
Illyrian ‐ a minor and almost extinct branch of the Indo-European languages;…
James ives ‐ United States lithographer who (with his partner Nathaniel Currier)…
Iridescence ‐ the visual property of something having a milky…
Refractory-lined ‐ (of furnaces) lined with material that has a high…
Louden ‐ cause to become loud [v] become louder; "The room loudened…