alidirekte

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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alia +‎ direkto +‎ -e.

Adverb

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alidirekte

  1. in another direction, in a different direction
    • Donald Broadribb (translator), La Mirinda Sorĉisto de Oz (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz) by L, Frank Baum, Chapter 20,[1]
      “Ni devos transiri ĉi tiun strangan lokon por atingi la alian flankon,” diris Doroteo; “ĉar estus malsaĝe iri alidirekte ol rekte Suden.”
      “We must cross this strange place in order to get to the other side,” said Dorothy; “for it would be unwise for us to go any other way except due South.”
    • Donald Broadribb (translator), Mil Naǔcent Okdek Kvar (Nineteen Eighty-Four) by George Orwell, Part Two, Chapter 3,
      Ŝi volis hasti retroen laǔ la vojo sur kiu ili venis, kaj komenci serĉi alidirekte.
      She wanted to hurry back by the way they had come and start searching in the other direction.