Indirect

[Sarah]

Not reaching the end aimed at by the most plain and directmethod; as, an indirect proof, demonstration, etc. Indirect claims,claims for remote or consequential damage. Such claims were presentedto and thrown out by the commissioners who arbitrated the damageinflicted on the United States by the Confederate States cruisersbuilt and supplied by Great Britain.-- Indirect demonstration, a mode of demonstration in which proof isgiven by showing that any other supposition involves an absurdity(reductio ad absurdum), or an impossibility; thus, one quantity maybe proved equal to another by showing that it can be neither greaternor less.-- Indirect discourse. (Gram.) See Direct discourse, under Direct.-- Indirect evidence, evidence or testimony which is circumstantialor inferential, but without witness; -- opposed to direct evidence.-- Indirect tax, a tax, such as customs, excises, etc., exacteddirectly from the merchant, but paid indirectly by the consumer inthe higher price demanded for the articles of merchandise.

[Sarah]

a shady message to someone delivered not to their face but by indirect means. A sub. Common on Twitter.

[Justin Bieber]

[Posting] about a specific event with a specific person without disclosing who [or what]; [sub-tweeting]

[Mary Mallozziberg]

Indirect in Fencing. An attacking maneuver made by disengaging and moving to end up in the opposite line to the engagement.