roundabout
ரவுண்டானாவில்
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.
example
Taking the 'roundabout' route means the train can stop at a dozen additional railway stations in Hubei Province.
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.
This is only a 'roundabout' way of saying that the score for the film sounded like elevator muzak.
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.
Letters from relatives on the Continent became a rarity; those that did reach British shores had usually travelled a 'roundabout' route via neutral nations.
Rather than just saying this directly, Thai people tend to go the 'roundabout' route.
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.
In a 'roundabout' way, I did answer his question with a ‘no.’
In a 'roundabout' way we come back to the problem I had with it.
Anna checked out the window again just to make sure that they weren't taking some really 'roundabout' route to the school.
She entered the lingerie shop, idly browsing and refusing assistance from a saleswoman, taking a 'roundabout' route towards the target.
A casual 'roundabout' answer came from the balding man.
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.
I trudged down a 'roundabout' route to the hut, my head down, a desperate desire to cry in my eyes.
However, privileged access to positive externalities is merely a 'roundabout' way of saying that opportunities are unequal.
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.
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.
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.
That famous voice is never more honeyed than when it's saying - in a courteous, 'roundabout' way - ‘No.’
It was a 'roundabout' apology but I took what I could.
Li smiled, acknowledging that his 'roundabout' dialogue had been recognised, unwound and interpreted.
I guess I took a 'roundabout' route to it unconsciously.
Where are the two of you taking me in some sort of 'roundabout' way?
My chief of staff selected this 'roundabout' route to throw the news media off our trail.
Well, that must be why we took the 'roundabout' route tonight.
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.
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 shook her head angrily but followed a 'roundabout' route to Raban's shop.
She was having such fun, so much that she all but forgot that Terel was following her on her 'roundabout' joyride against the wind.
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.
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