Indirectness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Indirectness \In`di*rect"ness\, n.
     1. The quality or state of being indirect; obliquity;
        deviousness; crookedness.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Deviation from an upright or straightforward course;


        unfairness; dishonesty. --W. Montagu.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  indirectness
       n : having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a
           goal [ant: {directness}]