roundaboutly

Definitions

In a circuitous or indirect manner.

By way of a route that is not direct.

Examples

He explained the situation roundaboutly, taking several minutes to reach the main point.

She roundaboutly hinted at her desire for a promotion without ever explicitly asking her manager.

Synonyms

indirectly circuitously obliquely deviously meanderingly tortuously circumlocutorily

Antonyms

directly straightforwardly bluntly pointedly forthrightly explicitly clearly