INDIRECTNESS - Definition

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WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a goal

	Antonyms:	directness, straightness

	See Also:	allusiveness, characteristic, deviousness, discursiveness, mediacy, mediateness, obliqueness

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\In`di*rect"ness\, n. 1. The quality or state of being indirect; obliquity; deviousness; crookedness. 2. Deviation from an upright or straightforward course; unfairness; dishonesty. --W. Montagu.