Definitions
deviating from a straight course
Word origin
From round + about [from early 20th c.].
Used in a sentence
“[S]he fled, running like a deer, doubling and turning through alleys and back streets until by a very roundabout road she reached her own room.”
“"Really, Bill, I think your best plan would be to go straight to father and tell him the whole thing.—You don't want him to hear about it in a roundabout way."”
“Mr. Rather flew to the area in a roundabout fashion, first landing in Bahrain, from there flying to Islamabad and then heading to Kabul by land.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“circular road”10 letters
02“Indirect”10 letters
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