Definition of Indirections

1. Noun. (plural of indirection) ¹

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Definition of Indirections

1. indirection [n] - See also: indirection

Lexicographical Neighbors of Indirections

indirect quotation
indirect quotations
indirect rays
indirect reacting bilirubin
indirect request
indirect retainer
indirect retention
indirect speech
indirect tax
indirect technique
indirect transfusion
indirect transmission
indirect vision
indirected
indirection
indirections
indirectly
indirectness
indirectnesses
indiretin
indirubin
indiscernibility
indiscernibility of identicals
indiscernible
indiscernibles
indisciplinable
indiscipline
indisciplined
indisciplines
indiscoverable

Literary usage of Indirections

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1807)
"But to return to our authoress, who, besides the above mentioned, gives indirections for choosing all kinds offish, poultry, butchers' meat, and vegetables, ..."

2. A Study of Hamlet by John Conolly (1863)
"... and with assays of bias, By indirections find directions out; So, by my former lecture and advice, Shall you my son: you have me, have you not ? ..."

3. The Tragedy of Hamlet: Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare (1917)
"... and with assays of bias, By indirections find directions out: 50 by my former lecture and advice Shall you my son. You have me, have you not? Rey. ..."

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