roundaboutly
English edit
Etymology edit
roundabout + -ly
Adverb edit
roundaboutly (comparative more roundaboutly, superlative most roundaboutly)
- 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.