roundaboutly

English

Etymology

roundabout +‎ -ly

Adverb

roundaboutly (comparative more roundaboutly, superlative most roundaboutly)

  1. In a roundabout manner; indirectly.
    • 1990, Ernest Hebert, Live Free or Die:
      Now, all of a sudden, he found himself cautious, trying to be a politician, and the result was, he expressed his frustrations roundaboutly instead of directly.
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