roundaboutly

adv

Etymology

From roundabout + -ly.

  1. inherited from about
  2. inherited from abūtan
  3. inherited from aboute
  4. compounded as roundabout — “round + about
  5. suffixed as roundaboutly — “roundabout + ly

Definitions

  1. In a roundabout manner

    In a roundabout manner; indirectly.

    • 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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