English edit

Etymology edit

roundabout +‎ -ly

Adverb edit

roundaboutly (comparative more roundaboutly, superlative most roundaboutly)

  1. 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.