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indirectly + verb
间接地修饰动词，表示动作以间接方式发生
This decision indirectly affects our plans.
这个决定间接影响了我们的计划。
间接地；不直截了当地
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
间接地；不直截了当地
in an indirect way; not directly
This decision indirectly affects our plans.
这个决定间接影响了我们的计划。
以间接的方式
In an indirect manner.
不直截了当地
not in a forthright manner
She heard about the news indirectly through a friend.
她通过朋友间接地听说了这个消息。
AI contextual example
The new policy will indirectly affect many small businesses.
新政策将间接影响许多小企业。
AI contextual example
He indirectly admitted his mistake by apologizing to everyone.
他通过向大家道歉，间接地承认了自己的错误。
AI contextual example
he answered very indirectly
他回答得拐弯抹角。
WordNet
间接地修饰动词，表示动作以间接方式发生
This decision indirectly affects our plans.
这个决定间接影响了我们的计划。
间接地用于被动语态，描述间接影响
The results were indirectly influenced by external factors.
结果受到外部因素的间接影响。
间接地修饰形容词，表示性质以间接方式体现
The connection is indirectly important.
这种联系间接重要。
Not this
He spoke indirect about the problem.
Use this
He spoke indirectly about the problem.
中文中形容词与副词形式相同（如‘间接’可作状语），但英语中副词需加-ly。‘indirect’是形容词，不能修饰动词‘spoke’。
Not this
I don't indirectly know him.
Use this
I don't directly know him.
这里表达‘不直接认识他’，否定句中‘indirectly’与否定词连用形成双重否定，改变原意。应用‘directly’加否定表示‘不是直接地’。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
间接影响
The new policy will indirectly affect many small businesses.
这项新政策将间接影响许多小企业。
间接相关
These two issues are only indirectly related to each other.
这两个问题彼此只是间接相关。
间接负责
He was indirectly responsible for the project's failure.
他对项目的失败间接负责。
间接支持
The evidence indirectly supports the theory.
这个证据间接支持该理论。
间接影响
Social media can indirectly influence people's opinions.
社交媒体可以间接影响人们的观点。
间接受益
Local businesses will indirectly benefit from the new highway.
当地企业将从新高速公路间接受益。
Use indirectly naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想“in”表示否定，“direct”是直接，所以“indirectly”就是“不直接地”，像走弯路而非直路。
中性语域，通常用于正式和非正式场合，多出现于书面和口语表达中。
Words directly and correctly rhyme with indirectly (same stressed vowel /ɛ/ and following sounds). Perfectly, strictly, and exactly look similar but are pronounced differently (stressed vowel /ɜː/, /ɪ/, /æ/ respectively).
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.