indirectly
adverb
[ ˌɪndɪˈrɛk(t)li ]
• in a way that is not directly caused by something; incidentally.
• "the losses indirectly affect us all"
Similar:
incidentally,
accidentally,
secondarily,
concomitantly,
contingently,
consequentially,
second-hand,
at second hand,
in a roundabout way,
from others,
on the grapevine,
on the bush/jungle telegraph,
obliquely,
by implication,
by hinting,
allusively,
• without having had direct experience; at second hand.
• "I heard of the damage indirectly"
• through implication; obliquely.
• "both writers refer, if only indirectly, to a wealth of other art"
