| The indirectness of memory, in contrast to the directness of retention, however, remains somewhat obscure. |
| While Pauline is attentive and listens carefully, her general approach and indirectness are not very convincing to Catherine. |
| Older and newly arrived Vietnamese Americans often display indirectness and extreme politeness in dealing with others. |
| As is with specific situational irony, greater reader perception is required since there is more indirectness in its presentation. |
| There was nothing apologetic in this man, no indirectness in his method of attack. |
| Compare his expressiveness, the expressiveness of his indirectness with that of constatation. |
