roundabout
چکر
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
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.
It was a 'roundabout' apology but I took what I could.
That's what I've been trying to get to in my 'roundabout' way.
I trudged down a 'roundabout' route to the hut, my head down, a desperate desire to cry in my eyes.
Anna checked out the window again just to make sure that they weren't taking some really 'roundabout' route to the school.
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.
Where are the two of you taking me in some sort of 'roundabout' way?
Wendy spent the next few minutes explaining what went on over the weekend in 'roundabout' and, shall we say, not totally accurate terms.
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.
She shook her head angrily but followed a 'roundabout' route to Raban's shop.
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.
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.
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.
That famous voice is never more honeyed than when it's saying - in a courteous, 'roundabout' way - ‘No.’
An imaginative translator must explore ways, even if 'roundabout' , to recreate the effect of the original in the language into which it is translated.
Well, that must be why we took the 'roundabout' route tonight.
I guess I took a 'roundabout' route to it unconsciously.
Taking the 'roundabout' route means the train can stop at a dozen additional railway stations in Hubei Province.
Letters from relatives on the Continent became a rarity; those that did reach British shores had usually travelled a 'roundabout' route via neutral nations.
However, privileged access to positive externalities is merely a 'roundabout' way of saying that opportunities are unequal.
She entered the lingerie shop, idly browsing and refusing assistance from a saleswoman, taking a 'roundabout' route towards the target.
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.
I had watched from the Citadel as the procession made its way on a 'roundabout' route through the streets of Mainport.
This is only a 'roundabout' way of saying that the score for the film sounded like elevator muzak.
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.
My chief of staff selected this 'roundabout' route to throw the news media off our trail.
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.
Li smiled, acknowledging that his 'roundabout' dialogue had been recognised, unwound and interpreted.
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