Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter I - Page 33
Indign (a.) Unworthy; undeserving; disgraceful; degrading. -- Chaucer.
Counts it scorn to draw Comfort indign from any meaner thing. -- Trench. Indignance
Indignance (n.) Alt. of Indignancy.
Indignancy (n.) Indignation. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Indignant (a.) Affected with indignation; wrathful; passionate; irate; feeling wrath, as when a person is exasperated by unworthy or unjust treatment, by a mean action, or by a degrading accusation.
He strides indignant, and with haughty cries To single fight the fairy prince defies. -- Tickell.
Indignant (a.) Angered at something unjust or wrong; "an indignant denial"; "incensed at the judges' unfairness"; "a look of outraged disbelief"; "umbrageous at the loss of their territory" [syn: indignant, incensed, outraged, umbrageous].
Indignantly (adv.) In an indignant manner.
Indignantly (adv.) In an indignant manner; "Miss Burney protested indignantly, her long thin nose turning pink with mortification at this irreverent piece of mimicry."
Indignation (n.) 憤怒；憤慨，義憤 [U] [（+about/ at/ over）] The feeling excited by that which is unworthy, base, or disgraceful; anger mingled with contempt, disgust, or abhorrence. -- Shak.
Indignation expresses a strong and elevated disapprobation of mind, which is also inspired by something flagitious in the conduct of another. -- Cogan.
When Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai. -- Esther v. 9.
Indignation (n.) The effect of anger; punishment. -- Shak.
Hide thyself . . . until the indignation be overpast. -- Is. xxvi. 20.
Syn: Anger; ire wrath; fury; rage. See Anger.
Indignation (n.) A feeling of righteous anger [syn: indignation, outrage].
Indignify (v. t.) To treat disdainfully or with indignity; to contemn. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Indignities (n. pl. ) of Indignity.
Indignity (n.) Any action toward another which manifests contempt for him; an offense against personal dignity; unmerited contemptuous treatment; contumely; incivility or injury, accompanied with insult.
How might a prince of my great hopes forget So great indignities you laid upon me? -- Shak.
A person of so great place and worth constrained to endure so foul indignities. -- Hooker.
Indignity (n.) An affront to one's dignity or self-esteem.
Indignly (adv.) Unworthily. [Obs.]
Indigoes (n. pl. ) of Indigo.
Indigo (n.) A kind of deep blue, one of the seven prismatic colors.
Indigo (n.) (Chem.) A blue dyestuff obtained from several plants belonging to very different genera and orders; as, the woad, Isatis tinctoria, Indigofera tinctoria, I. Anil, Nereum tinctorium, etc. It is a dark blue earthy substance, tasteless and odorless, with a copper-violet luster when rubbed. Indigo does not exist in the plants as such, but is obtained by decomposition of the glycoside indican.
Note: Commercial indigo contains the essential coloring principle indigo blue or indigotine, with several other dyes; as, indigo red, indigo brown, etc., and various impurities. Indigo is insoluble in ordinary reagents, with the exception of strong sulphuric acid.
Chinese indigo (Bot.), Isatis indigotica, a kind of woad.
Wild indigo (Bot.), The American herb Baptisia tinctoria which yields a poor quality of indigo, as do several other species of the same genus.
Indigo (a.) Having the color of, pertaining to, or derived from, indigo.
Indigo berry (Bot.), The fruit of the West Indian shrub Randia aculeata, used as a blue dye.
Indigo bird (Zool.), A small North American finch ({Cyanospiza cyanea). The male is indigo blue in color. Called also indigo bunting.
Indigo blue. (a) The essential coloring material of commercial indigo, from which it is obtained as a dark blue earthy powder, with a reddish luster, C16H10N2O2, which may be crystallized by sublimation. Indigo blue is also made from artificial amido cinnamic acid, and from artificial isatine; and these methods are of great commercial importance. Called also indigotin.
Indigo blue. (b) A dark, dull blue color like the indigo of commerce.
Indigo brown (Chem.), A brown resinous substance found in crude indigo.
Indigo copper (Min.), Covellite.
Indigo green, A green obtained from indigo.
Indigo plant (Bot.), A leguminous plant of several species (genus Indigofera), from which indigo is prepared. The different varieties are natives of Asia, Africa, and America. Several species are cultivated, of which the most important are the Indigofera tinctoria, or common indigo plant, the Indigofera Anil, a larger species, and the Indigofera disperma.
Indigo purple, A purple obtained from indigo.
Indigo red, A dyestuff, isomeric with indigo blue, obtained from crude indigo as a dark brown amorphous powder.
Indigo snake (Zool.), The gopher snake.
Indigo white, A white crystalline powder obtained by reduction from indigo blue, and by oxidation easily changed back to it; -- called also indigogen.
Indigo yellow, A substance obtained from indigo.
Indigo (a.) 靛藍色的 Having a color between blue and violet; "indigo flowers."
Indigo (n.) 【化】靛藍，靛青；靛藍染料 [U]；槐藍屬植物 [C]；靛藍色，靛色 [U] A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically [syn: anil, indigo, indigotin].
Indigo (n.) Deciduous subshrub of southeastern Asia having pinnate leaves and clusters of red or purple flowers; a source of indigo dye [syn: indigo, indigo plant, Indigofera tinctoria].
Indigo (n.) A blue-violet color.
Indigofera (n.) (Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants (family Leguminosae) having many species, mostly in tropical countries, several of them yielding indigo, esp. Indigofera tinctoria, Indigofera suffroticosa, and Indigofera Anil.
Indigofera (n.) Genus of tropical herbs and shrubs having odd-pinnate leaves and spurred flowers in long racemes or spikes [syn: Indigofera, genus Indigofera].
Indigogen (n.) (Chem.) See Indigo white, under Indigo.
Indigogen (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) Same as Indican, 2.
Indigometer (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the strength of an indigo solution, as in volumetric analysis. -- Ure.
Indigometry (n.) The art or method of determining the coloring power of indigo.
Indigotic (a.) (Chem.) 靛藍的 Pertaining to, or derived from, indigo; as, indigotic acid, which is also called anilic or nitrosalicylic acid.
Indigotin (n.) (Chem.) 【化】靛；靛藍 See Indigo blue, under Indigo.
Indigotin (n.) A blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically [syn: anil, indigo, indigotin].
Indigrubin (n.) (Physiol. Chem.) Same as Urrhodin.
Indihumin (n.) (Chem.) A brown amorphous substance resembling humin, and obtained from indican.
Indilatory (a.) Not dilatory. [Obs.]
Indiligence (n.) Lack of diligence. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Indiligent (a.) Not diligent; idle; slothful. [Obs.] -- Feltham. -- In*dil"i*gent*ly, adv. [Obs.]
Indiminishable (a.) Incapable of being diminished. [R.] -- Milton.
Indin (n.) (Chem.) A dark red crystalline substance, isomeric with and resembling indigo blue, and obtained from isatide and dioxindol.
Indirect (a.) 間接的，次要的，欺騙的 Not direct; not straight or rectilinear; deviating from a direct line or course; circuitous; as, an indirect road.
Indirect (a.) Not tending to an aim, purpose, or result by the plainest course, or by obvious means, but obliquely or consequentially; by remote means; as, an indirect accusation, attack, answer, or proposal.
By what bypaths and indirect, crooked ways I met this crown. -- Shak.
Indirect (a.) Not straightforward or upright; unfair; dishonest; tending to mislead or deceive.
Indirect dealing will be discovered one time or other. -- Tillotson.
Indirect (a.) Not resulting directly from an act or cause, but more or less remotely connected with or growing out of it; as, indirect results, damages, or claims.
Indirect (a.) (Logic & Math.) Not reaching the end aimed at by the most plain and direct method; as, an indirect proof, demonstration, etc.
Indirect claims, Claims for remote or consequential damage.
Such claims were presented to and thrown out by the commissioners who arbitrated the damage inflicted on the United States by the Confederate States cruisers built and supplied by Great Britain.
Indirect demonstration, A mode of demonstration in which proof is given by showing that any other supposition involves an absurdity (reductio ad absurdum), or an impossibility; thus, one quantity may be proved equal to another by showing that it can be neither greater nor less.
Indirect discourse. (Gram.) See Direct discourse, under Direct.
Indirect evidence, Evidence or testimony which is circumstantial or inferential, but without witness; -- opposed to direct evidence.
Indirect tax, A tax, such as customs, excises, etc., exacted directly from the merchant, but paid indirectly by the consumer in the higher price demanded for the articles of merchandise.
Tax, (n.) 稅；稅金 [C] [U] [（+on/ upon）]；負擔；壓力 [S][（+on/ upon）] A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority. Specifically:
Tax, (n.) A charge or burden laid upon persons or property for the support of a government.
A farmer of taxes is, of all creditors, proverbially the most rapacious. -- Macaulay.
Tax, (n.) Especially, the sum laid upon specific things, as upon polls, lands, houses, income, etc.; as, a land tax; a window tax; a tax on carriages, and the like.
Note: Taxes are annual or perpetual, direct or indirect, etc.
Tax, (n.) A sum imposed or levied upon the members of a society to defray its expenses.
Tax, (n.) A task exacted from one who is under control; a contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject.
Tax, (n.) A disagreeable or burdensome duty or charge; as, a heavy tax on time or health.
Tax, (n.) Charge; censure. [Obs.] -- Clarendon.
Tax, (n.) A lesson to be learned; a task. [Obs.] -- Johnson.
Tax cart, A spring cart subject to a low tax. [Eng.]
Syn: Impost; tribute; contribution; duty; toll; rate; assessment; exaction; custom; demand.
Indirect (a.) 間接的；非直接相關的；次要的；迂迴的，曲折的；非直截了當的；非正面的；不坦率的；不誠實的 Having intervening factors or persons or influences; "reflection from the ceiling provided a soft indirect light"; "indirect evidence"; "an indirect cause."
Indirect (a.) Not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination; "sometimes taking an indirect path saves time"; "you must take an indirect course in sailing" [ant: direct].
Indirect (a.) Descended from a common ancestor but through different lines; "cousins are collateral relatives"; "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts" [syn: collateral, indirect] [ant: direct, lineal].
Indirect (a.) Extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action; "making indirect but legitimate inquiries"; "an indirect insult"; "doubtless they had some indirect purpose in mind"; "though his methods are indirect they are not dishonest"; "known as a shady indirect fellow" [ant: direct].
Indirect (a.) Not as a direct effect or consequence; "indirect benefits"; "an indirect advantage."
Indirected (a.) Not directed; aimless. [Obs.]
Indirection (n.) 間接；迂迴；不坦率 Oblique course or means; dishonest practices; indirectness. "By indirections find directions out." -- Shak.
Indirection (n.) Indirect procedure or action; "he tried to find out by indirection."
Indirection (n.) Deceitful action that is not straightforward; "he could see through the indirections of diplomats."
Indirection, () Manipulating data via its address. Indirection is a powerful and general programming technique. It can be used for example to process data stored in a sequence of consecutive memory locations by maintaining a pointer to the current item and incrementing it to point to the next item.
Indirection is supported at the machine language level by indirect addressing. Many processor and operating system architectures use vectors which are also an instance of indirection, being locations which hold the address of a routine to handle a particular event. The event handler can be changed simply by pointing the vector at a new piece of code.
C includes operators "&" which returns the address of a variable and its inverse "*" which returns the variable at a given address.
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Indirectly (adv.) 間接地；迂迴地；婉轉地；不坦率地 In an direct manner; not in a straight line or course; not in express terms; obliquely; not by direct means; hence, unfairly; wrongly.
To tax it indirectly by taxing their expense. -- A. Smith.
Your crown and kingdom indirectly held. -- Shak.
Indirectly (adv.) Not in a forthright manner; "he answered very indirectly" [ant: directly, flat, straight].
Indirectness (n.) 間接 The quality or state of being indirect; obliquity; deviousness; crookedness.
Indirectness (n.) Deviation from an upright or straightforward course; unfairness; dishonesty. -- W. Montagu.
Indirectness (n.) Having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a goal [ant: directness, straightness].
Indiretin (n.) (Chem.) A dark brown resinous substance obtained from indican.
Indirubin (n.) (Chem.) A substance isomeric with, and resembling, indigo blue, and accompanying it as a side product, in its artificial production.
Indiscernible (a.) 難識別的；看不見的 Not to be discerned; imperceptible; not discoverable or visible.
Secret and indiscernible ways. -- Jer. Taylor. -- In`dis*cern"i*ble*ness, n. -- In`dis*cern"i*bly, adv. Indiscerpibility
Indiscernible (a.) Difficult or impossible to perceive or discern; "an indiscernible increase in temperature" [ant: discernable, discernible].
Indiscernible (a.) Barely able to be perceived; "the transition was almost indiscernible"; "an almost insensible change" [syn: indiscernible, insensible, undetectable].
Indiscerpibility (n.) Alt. of Indiscerptibility.
Indiscerptibility (n.) The state or quality of being indiscerpible. [Obs.] -- Dr. H. More. Indiscerpible
Indiscerpible (a.) Alt. of Indiscerptible.
Indiscerptible (a.) 不能撕碎的 Not discerpible; inseparable. [Obs.] -- Bp. Butler. -- In`dis*cerp"i*ble*ness, n., In`dis*cerp"ti*ble*ness, n. [Obs.] -- In`dis*cerp"ti*bly, adv. [Obs.]
Indisciplinable (a.) Not disciplinable; undisciplinable. [R.]
Indiscipline (n.) Lack of discipline or instruction. [R.]
Indiscipline (n.) The trait of lacking discipline [syn: indiscipline, undiscipline] [ant: discipline].
Indiscoverable (a.) Not discoverable; undiscoverable. -- J. Conybeare.
Indiscovery (n.) Lack of discovery. [Obs.]
Indiscreet (a.) 不慎重的，輕率的；言行失檢的；不明智的 Not discreet; wanting in discretion.
So drunken, and so indiscreet an officer. -- Shak.
Syn: Imprudent; injudicious; inconsiderate; rash; hasty; incautious; heedless; undiscerning; foolish. -- In`dis*creet"ly, adv. -- In`dis*creet"ness, n.
Indiscreet (a.) Lacking discretion; injudicious; "her behavior was indiscreet at the very best" [ant: discreet].
Indiscrete (a.) Indiscreet. [Obs.] -- Boyle.
Indiscrete (a.) Not discrete or separated; compact; homogenous.
An indiscrete mass of confused matter. -- Pownall.
Indiscrete (a.) Not divided or divisible into parts; "layers that were fused into an indiscrete mass".
Indiscretion (n.) 不慎重，輕率；言行失檢；不明智行為 [C] [U] The quality or state of being indiscreet; want of discretion; imprudence.
Indiscretion (n.) An indiscreet act; indiscreet behavior.
Past indiscretion is a venial crime. -- Cowper.
Indiscretion (n.) The trait of being injudicious [syn: {indiscretion}, {injudiciousness}].
Indiscretion (n.) A petty misdeed [syn: {indiscretion}, {peccadillo}].
Indiscretion (n.) The guilt of woman.
Indiscriminate (a.) 不加區別的，無差別的；不分皂白的；雜亂無章的；任意的 Not discriminate; wanting discrimination; undistinguishing; not making any distinction; confused; promiscuous. "Blind or indiscriminate forgiveness." -- I. Taylor.
The indiscriminate defense of right and wrong. -- Junius. -- In`dis*crim"i*nate*ly, adv. -- Cowper.
Indiscriminate (a.) Failing to make or recognize distinctions.
Indiscriminate (a.) Not marked by fine distinctions; "indiscriminate reading habits"; "an indiscriminate mixture of colors and styles" [ant: {discriminate}].
Indiscriminately (adv.) 不加區別地；不加選擇地；隨意地；任意地 In a random manner; "the houses were randomly scattered"; "bullets were fired into the crowd at random" [syn: {randomly}, {indiscriminately}, {haphazardly}, {willy- nilly}, {arbitrarily}, {at random}, {every which way}].
Indiscriminately (adv.) In an indiscriminate manner; "she reads promiscuously" [syn: {promiscuously}, {indiscriminately}].
Indiscriminating (a.) Not discriminating. -- In`dis*crim"i*na`ting*ly, adv.
Indiscriminating (a.) Not discriminating [syn: undiscriminating, indiscriminating] [ant: discriminating].
Indiscrimination (n.) 無差別，無分別 Lack of discrimination or distinction; impartiality. -- Jefferson.
Indiscriminative (a.) 不加區別的 Making no distinction; not discriminating.
Indiscussed (a.) Not discussed. [Obs.] -- Donne.
Indispensability (n.) 不可缺少 Indispensableness.
Indispensability (n.) The quality possessed by something that you cannot possibly do without [syn: indispensability, indispensableness, vitalness] [ant: dispensability, dispensableness].
Indispensable (a.) 必不可少的，必需的 [（+to/ for）]；不能撇開的；責無旁貸的 Not dispensable; impossible to be omitted, remitted, or spared; absolutely necessary or requisite.
Indispensable (a.) (Eccl.) Not admitting dispensation; not subject to release or exemption. [R.]
The law was moral and indispensable. -- Bp. Burnet.
Indispensable (a.) Unavoidable; inevitable. [Obs.] -- Fuller.
Indispensable (a.) Not to be dispensed with; essential; "foods indispensable to good nutrition" [ant: {dispensable}].
Indispensable (a.) Absolutely necessary; vitally necessary; "essential tools and materials"; "funds essential to the completion of the project"; "an indispensable worker" [syn: {essential}, {indispensable}].
Indispensable (a.) Unavoidable; "the routine but indispensable ceremonies of state."
Indispensable (a.) Absolutely necessary, essential, or requisite.
// An indispensable member of the staff.
Indispensable (a.) Incapable of being disregarded or neglected.
// An indispensable obligation.
Indispensable (n.) 必不可少的人（或物）[C] A person or thing that is indispensable.
Indispensable (a.) (C2) 必不可少的，必需的 Something or someone that is indispensable is so good or important that you could not manage without it, him, or her.
// This book is an indispensable resource for researchers.
// His long experience at the United Nations makes him indispensable to the talks.
Indispensableness (n.) The state or quality of being indispensable, or absolutely necessary. -- S. Clarke.
Indispensableness (n.) The quality possessed by something that you cannot possibly do without [syn: indispensability, indispensableness, vitalness] [ant: dispensability, dispensableness].
Indispensably (adv.) In an indispensable manner. "Indispensably necessary." -- Bp. Warburton.
Indispersed (a.) Not dispersed. [R.]
Indisposed (imp. & p. p.) of Indispose.
Indisposing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Indispose.
Indispose (v. t.) To render unfit or unsuited; to disqualify.
Indispose (v. t.) To disorder slightly as regards health; to make somewhat. -- Shak.
It made him rather indisposed than sick. -- Walton.
Indispose (v. t.) To disincline; to render averse or unfavorable; as, a love of pleasure indisposes the mind to severe study; the pride and selfishness of men indispose them to religious duties.
The king was sufficiently indisposed towards the persons, or the principles, of Calvin's disciples. -- Clarendon.
Indispose (v.) Make unwilling [syn: indispose, disincline] [ant: dispose, incline].
Indispose (v.) Make unfit or unsuitable; "Your income disqualifies you" [syn: disqualify, unfit, indispose] [ant: dispose, qualify].
Indispose (v.) Cause to feel unwell; "She was indisposed."
Indisposedness (n.) The condition or quality of being indisposed. [R.] -- Bp. Hall.
Indisposition (n.) The state of being indisposed; disinclination; as, the indisposition of two substances to combine.
A general indisposition towards believing. -- Atterbury.
Indisposition (n.) A slight disorder or illness.
Rather as an indisposition in health than as any set sickness. -- Hayward.
Indisposition (n.) A slight illness.
Indisposition (n.) A certain degree of unwillingness; "a reluctance to commit himself"; "his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition"; "after some hesitation he agreed" [syn: reluctance, hesitancy, hesitation, disinclination, indisposition].
Indisputability (n.) Indisputableness.
Indisputability (n.) The quality of being beyond question or dispute or doubt [syn: indisputability, indubitability, unquestionability, unquestionableness].
Indisputable (a.) Not disputable; incontrovertible; too evident to admit of dispute.
Syn: Incontestable; unquestionable; incontrovertible; undeniable; irrefragable; certain; positive; undoubted; sure; infallible. -- In*dis"pu*ta*ble*ness, n. -- In*dis"pu*ta*bly, adv.
Indisputable (a.) Not open to question; obviously true; "undeniable guilt"; "indisputable evidence of a witness" [syn: incontestable, indisputable, undisputable].
Indisputable (a.) Impossible to doubt or dispute; "indisputable (or sure) proof" [syn: indisputable, sure].
Indisputed (a.) Undisputed.
Indissipable (a.) Incapable of being dissipated.
Indissolubility (n.) The quality or state of being indissoluble.
Indissoluble (a.) Not dissoluble; not capable of being dissolved, melted, or liquefied; insoluble; as few substances are indissoluble by heat, but many are indissoluble in water. -- Boyle.
Indissoluble (a.) Incapable of being rightfully broken or dissolved; perpetually binding or obligatory; firm; stable, as, an indissoluble league or covenant.
To the which my duties Are with a most indissoluble tie Forever knit. -- Shak.
Indissoluble (a.) (Of a substance) Incapable of being dissolved [syn: insoluble, indissoluble] [ant: soluble].
Indissoluble (a.) Used of decisions and contracts.
Indissolubleness (n.) Indissolubility. -- Sir M. Hale.
Indissolubly (adv.) In an indissoluble manner.
On they move, indissolubly firm. -- Milton.
Indissolvable (a.) Not dissolvable; incapable of being dissolved or separated; incapable of separation; perpetually firm and binding; indissoluble; as, an indissolvable bond of union. -- Bp. Warburton.
Indissolvableness (n.) Indissolubleness.
Indistancy (n.) Lack of distance or separation; nearness. [Obs.] -- Bp. Pearson.
Indistinct (a.) 不清楚的，模糊的；微弱的；難以清楚辨認的；未明確限定的；不分開的；分不開的 Not distinct or distinguishable; not separate in such a manner as to be perceptible by itself; as, the indistinct parts of a substance. "Indistinct as water is in water." -- Shak.
Indistinct (a.) Obscure to the mind or senses; not clear; not definite; confused; imperfect; faint; as, indistinct vision; an indistinct sound; an indistinct idea or recollection.
When we come to parts too small four our senses, our ideas of these little bodies become obscure and indistinct. -- I. Watts.
Their views, indeed, are indistinct and dim. -- Cowper.
Syn: Undefined; indistinguishable; obscure; indefinite; vague; ambiguous; uncertain; confused.
Indistinct (a.) Not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand; "indistinct shapes in the gloom"; "an indistinct memory"; "only indistinct notions of what to do" [ant: distinct].
Indistinctible (a.) Indistinguishable. [Obs.] -- T. Warton.
Compare: Indistinguishable
Indistinguishable (a.) 難以辨別的；不易察覺的；無明顯特徵的Not distinguishable; not capable of being perceived, known, or discriminated as separate and distinct; hence, not capable of being perceived or known; as, in the distance the flagship was indisguishable; the two copies were indisguishable in form or color; the difference between them was indisguishable.
Indistinguishable (a.) Exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different; "rows of identical houses"; "cars identical except for their license plates"; "they wore indistinguishable hats" [syn: identical, indistinguishable].
Indistinguishable (a.) Not capable of being distinguished or differentiated; "the two specimens are actually different from each other but the differences are almost indistinguishable"; "the twins were indistinguishable"; "a colorless person quite indistinguishable from the colorless mass of humanity" [syn: indistinguishable, undistinguishable] [ant: distinguishable].
Indistinction (n.) 無區別（混亂；不明；同等） Lack of distinction or distinguishableness; confusion; uncertainty; indiscrimination.
The indistinction of many of the same name . . . hath made some doubt. -- Sir T. Browne.
An indistinction of all persons, or equality of all orders, is far from being agreeable to the will of God. -- Sprat.
Indistinctive (a.) 不顯著的，無特色的；無差別的 Having nothing distinctive; common. -- In`dis*tinc"tive*ness, n.
Indistinctly (adv.) In an indistinct manner; not clearly; confusedly; dimly; as, certain ideas are indistinctly comprehended.
In its sides it was bounded distinctly, but on its ends confusedly and indistinctly. -- Sir I. Newton.
Indistinctly (adv.) In a dim indistinct manner; "we perceived the change only dimly" [syn: dimly, indistinctly].
Indistinctness (n.) The quality or condition of being indistinct; want of definiteness; dimness; confusion; as, the indistinctness of a picture, or of comprehension; indistinctness of vision.
Indistinctness (n.) The quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines [syn: indistinctness, softness, blurriness, fogginess, fuzziness] [ant: distinctness, sharpness].
Indistinguishable (a.) Not distinguishable; not capable of being perceived, known, or discriminated as separate and distinct; hence, not capable of being perceived or known; as, in the distance the flagship was indisguishable; the two copies were indisguishable in form or color; the difference between them was indisguishable.
Indistinguishable (a.) Exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different; "rows of identical houses"; "cars identical except for their license plates"; "they wore indistinguishable hats" [syn: identical, indistinguishable].
Indistinguishable (a.) Not capable of being distinguished or differentiated; "the two specimens are actually different from each other but the differences are almost indistinguishable"; "the twins were indistinguishable"; "a colorless person quite indistinguishable from the colorless mass of humanity" [syn: indistinguishable, undistinguishable] [ant: distinguishable].
Indistinguishably (adv.) In a indistinguishable manner. -- Sir W. Scott.
Indistinguished (a.) Indistinct. [R.] "That indistinguished mass." -- Sir T. Browne.
Indistinguishing (a.) Making no difference; indiscriminative; impartial; as, indistinguishing liberalities. [Obs.] -- Johnson.
Indisturbance (n.) Freedom from disturbance; calmness; repose; apathy; indifference.
Inditch (v. t.) To bury in, or cast into, a ditch. -- Bp. Hall.