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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1580-1588
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Indirec(k)lie, -derectlie, adv. Also: indirectly. [late ME. indirectly (1474), -derectly (1477).] Indirectly. Also, in a roundabout way, deviously, crookedly. Cf. Undirectlie adv. — 1580 Fam. Innes 138.
[Not to] hurt … the said Robert Ines … in his lyffe, leiving, or heretage, derecklie nor indirecklie 1581 Acts III. 223/1.
Quhome thai may stop or let direclie or indireclie 1581-2 Waus Corr. 239.
As tueching Andro Martene I will on naway admitt him ..., he handillit the vther so indirectlie aganis me 1582 Declar. Causis 9.
That the ministeris suld be put at, not plainlye bot indirectly and coloratly 1588 Aberd. Council Lett. I. 43.
Quhome thay may stop or lett derectlie nor inderectlie
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