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| school1 |
any place or experience that involves direct or indirect instruction. [1/8 definitions] |
| sidelong |
indirect or veiled. [1/5 definitions] |
| sideways |
indirect. [1/3 definitions] |
| sidle |
a sideways or indirect movement. [1/2 definitions] |
| snake |
to make (a path or way) in an indirect or twisting fashion. [1/6 definitions] |
| soft sell |
an indirect, subtle, and relaxed style of advertising or selling. |
| sound3 |
to investigate by making indirect inquiries. [1/6 definitions] |
| torchier |
a floor lamp that casts light upward to give indirect illumination. |
| us |
the speaker and another or others; the objective case of "we," used as a direct or indirect object of a verb or as an object of a preposition. |
| weasel words |
statements that are intentionally misleading, ambiguous, evasive, or indirect. |
| worm |
to cause or make by moving in a winding, indirect route. [1/11 definitions] |
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