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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Indirectness  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  indirectness 
  n  :  having  the  characteristic  of  lacking  a  true  course  toward  a 
  goal  [ant:  {directness}] 

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