Indirectly
Indirectly adverb - Not in a forthright manner.
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Synonyms for Indirectly
Loosely and indirectly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Loosely" instead an adverb "Indirectly".
Loosely
Loosely adverb - Knitted in a loose manner.
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Synonyms for Loosely
Indirectly and loosely are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Indirectly" instead an adverb "Loosely".
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- It directly inspired the 1951 movie The Thing from Another World and the 1982 John Carpenter movie The Thing (and more loosely inspired 1972's Horror Express), and indirectly influenced the next few decades of science fiction by inspiring other authors to rip it off.
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