Indirect
Indirect adjective - Not straightforward or direct.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Animal Motifs: Robert De Niro thought of Travis Bickle as a crab - indirect and tended to shift from side to side.
Source: Film / Taxi Driver - That's not even covering all the countless smaller and more indirect wars and side conflicts that contributed to this state.
Source: Forever War -
Thus it's capable of indirect fire, as you can hurl it over a wall, and have it hit enemies on the other side of it.
Source: Video Game / Terraria
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Side and Indirect. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/indirect/side
Indirect & Side. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/indirect/side>.
Side or Indirect. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/indirect/side.
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