What does in indirect characterization mean?

well i had to think about this for a while but all of that thinking paid off because i came to the conclusion that indirect characterization is characterizing a character indirectly indirect characterization is characterizing a character by indirect thoughts or actions, and not the author directly telling you what the character is like. The author is not actually saying "Sally is a girl." Instead they might say "Sally's pink frilly dress looked nice today". They are implying that she is a girl.