roundabout
rotonda
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'
noun
tiovivo,
rotonda,
glorieta,
circulación giratoria
adjective
indirecto
example
In a 'roundabout' way, I did answer his question with a ‘no.’
Congestion may also be heavier on some routes into town, particularly on more direct roads, than on other routes, such as 'roundabout' routes through neighborhood and city streets.
This is only a 'roundabout' way of saying that the score for the film sounded like elevator muzak.
I guess I took a 'roundabout' route to it unconsciously.
Wendy spent the next few minutes explaining what went on over the weekend in 'roundabout' and, shall we say, not totally accurate terms.
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.
A casual 'roundabout' answer came from the balding man.
It was a 'roundabout' apology but I took what I could.
Taking the 'roundabout' route means the train can stop at a dozen additional railway stations in Hubei Province.
He does not explicate this 'roundabout' reference to circumcision.
I leave in the direction of the toilets but instead start making the 'roundabout' way to Jeremy's room.
There was still a small chance they might be discovered - very small since they were taking a very 'roundabout' route - but there was still that chance.
As it was another pleasant, starlit evening, her hair hung loose to dry in the ocean-scented breeze and she took a 'roundabout' route to the amphitheater.
Li smiled, acknowledging that his 'roundabout' dialogue had been recognised, unwound and interpreted.
Where are the two of you taking me in some sort of 'roundabout' way?
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.
She entered the lingerie shop, idly browsing and refusing assistance from a saleswoman, taking a 'roundabout' route towards the target.
That's what I've been trying to get to in my 'roundabout' way.
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.
My chief of staff selected this 'roundabout' route to throw the news media off our trail.
Rather than just saying this directly, Thai people tend to go the 'roundabout' route.
I had watched from the Citadel as the procession made its way on a 'roundabout' route through the streets of Mainport.
That famous voice is never more honeyed than when it's saying - in a courteous, 'roundabout' way - ‘No.’
Anna checked out the window again just to make sure that they weren't taking some really 'roundabout' route to the school.
I trudged down a 'roundabout' route to the hut, my head down, a desperate desire to cry in my eyes.
Letters from relatives on the Continent became a rarity; those that did reach British shores had usually travelled a 'roundabout' route via neutral nations.
This essay will suggests in 'roundabout' ways, that this could be as difficult for ‘them’ as for ‘us’.
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.
In a 'roundabout' way we come back to the problem I had with it.
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.
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