indirect

Diverging from a direct course; roundabout.

Not proceeding straight to the point or object.

Not forthright and candid; devious.

Not directly planned for; secondary.

Reporting the exact or approximate words of another with such changes as are necessary to bring the original statement into grammatical conformity with the sentence in which it is included.

Involving, relating to, or being the proof of a statement by the demonstration of the impossibility or absurdity of the statement’s negation.

Being an indirect free kick.

Not direct in space; deviating from a straight line; devious; circuitous: as, an indirect course in sailing.

Not direct in succession or descent; not lineal; of irregular derivation; out of direct line from the prime source or origin: as, indirect descent or inheritance; an indirect claim; indirect information.