Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a roundabout manner; circuitously; indirectly.

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  • adverb In a roundabout manner; indirectly.

Etymologies

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roundabout +‎ -ally

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Examples

  • In addressing this topic roundaboutly, I've always felt that our real-world legal system tends to treat females almost paternally, and it extends grace, merit and forgiveness to females far over and above what is normally bestowed upon males for identical offenses.

    My Other Self is an Ass-kicking Supermodel 2006

  • Tony Award nominee Christopher Fitzgerald (who happens to be Stone's husband) is extremely winning in the key role of Pseudolus, the genially scheming slave who employs his gift for creative fabrication to secure his freedom -- very roundaboutly, with plenty of pratfalls and intrigue along the way.

    TheaterMania.com 2010

  • Which brings us, roundaboutly, to Tom Watson (not the ministerial one), who does some

    Adrian Monck 2009

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