» indirectness
Noun (1 meaning)
1. having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a goal.
indirectness is the opposite of:
- directness, straightness (noun) - trueness of course toward a goal
indirectness is a type of:
- characteristic (noun) - a distinguishing quality
types of indirectness:
- allusiveness (noun) - a quality characterized by indirect reference
- deviousness, obliqueness (noun) - the quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly
- discursiveness (noun) - the quality of being discursive
- mediacy, mediateness (noun) - the quality of being mediate