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roundabout

• (s) marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct
  • the explanation was circuitous and puzzling
  • a roundabout paragraph
  • hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend
  circuitous,
• (s) deviating from a straight course
  • a scenic but devious route
  • a long and circuitous journey by train and boat
  • a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic
  circuitous, devious,

Nouns

• (n) a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island
  • the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary
  rotary, traffic circle, circle,
• (n) a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement carousel, carrousel, merry-go-round, whirligig,

Synonyms

circuitous rotary traffic circle circle devious carousel carrousel merry-go-round whirligig

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