Due
Due adverb - In a direct line or course.
Usage example: a plane flying due east
Indirectly
Indirectly adverb - Not in a forthright manner.
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Synonyms for Indirectly
Due is an antonym for indirectly.
Both words in one sentence
- They inadvertently start the Dark Age of the Law due to their actions, indirectly leading to the death of a teacher at a law school.
Source: Knight Of Cerebus / Video Games - X2: X-Men United: Rogue's impatience makes her indirectly responsible for Jean's death, due to crashing the X-Jet and causing the vertical takeoff to go temporarily offline.
Source: Nice Job Breaking It Hero / Film - Her sister Lysa Arryn isn't particularly popular, either, due to her Genre Blindness, wanting to see Tyrion Lannister executed, indirectly causing the entire plot to kick off, and trying to murder her niece Sansa.
Source: The Scrappy / Literature
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