roundabout
Bundaran
definition
noun
a close-fitting, waist-length jacket worn by men and boys.
adjective
we need to take a roundabout route to throw off any pursuit
not following a short direct route; circuitous.
translation of 'roundabout'
adjective
tdk langsung,
yg berputar
example
In fact, James's essay on habit may be read as a 'roundabout' critique of late nineteenth-century aestheticism, a movement closely related to a modernism of heightened sensory experience.
However, privileged access to positive externalities is merely a 'roundabout' way of saying that opportunities are unequal.
Wendy spent the next few minutes explaining what went on over the weekend in 'roundabout' and, shall we say, not totally accurate terms.
She entered the lingerie shop, idly browsing and refusing assistance from a saleswoman, taking a 'roundabout' route towards the target.
Sara made for it in a 'roundabout' way to give them a little time to prepare for her, trying to seem as non-threatening as possible.
Anyway, this is just a 'roundabout' way of saying that, while I'm personally delighted to be here, I also appreciate the larger gesture that the invitation represents.
He does not explicate this 'roundabout' reference to circumcision.
They'd never actually done any of the sorts of things suggested in the letter, although she had brought the subject up, in a 'roundabout' way.
Li smiled, acknowledging that his 'roundabout' dialogue had been recognised, unwound and interpreted.
I leave in the direction of the toilets but instead start making the 'roundabout' way to Jeremy's room.
I had watched from the Citadel as the procession made its way on a 'roundabout' route through the streets of Mainport.
My chief of staff selected this 'roundabout' route to throw the news media off our trail.
In a 'roundabout' way, I did answer his question with a ‘no.’
I guess I took a 'roundabout' route to it unconsciously.
That's what I've been trying to get to in my 'roundabout' way.
In a 'roundabout' way we come back to the problem I had with it.
Rather than just saying this directly, Thai people tend to go the 'roundabout' route.
Anna checked out the window again just to make sure that they weren't taking some really 'roundabout' route to the school.
It was a 'roundabout' apology but I took what I could.
This is his extremely 'roundabout' way of saying that he wasn't waiting for some kind of rock revival to make his comeback; if anything, he's reacting against it.
She shook her head angrily but followed a 'roundabout' route to Raban's shop.
It slowly dawned on me that this was what he was trying to determine, in his 'roundabout' way: whether I liked the boy-leader or not.
She decided not to take the route through the village but to walk the 'roundabout' way along the forest's edge in order to not having to see the horror any more.
It's clear that he is locked in his own world now, from his careful - and almost always 'roundabout' - way of answering questions to the faint, humbled tone with which he speaks.
A casual 'roundabout' answer came from the balding man.
Taking the 'roundabout' route means the train can stop at a dozen additional railway stations in Hubei Province.
That famous voice is never more honeyed than when it's saying - in a courteous, 'roundabout' way - ‘No.’
Well, that must be why we took the 'roundabout' route tonight.
An imaginative translator must explore ways, even if 'roundabout' , to recreate the effect of the original in the language into which it is translated.
I trudged down a 'roundabout' route to the hut, my head down, a desperate desire to cry in my eyes.
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