roundabout
circuitous or indirect, as a road, journey, method, statement or person.
(of clothing) cut circularly at the bottom; having no tails, train, or the like.
a short, close-fitting coat or jacket worn by men or boys, especially in the 19th century.
British. a merry-go-round.
a circuitous or indirect road, method, etc.
Chiefly British. traffic circle.
Origin of roundabout
1Other words for roundabout
1 | meandering, twisting, rambling, tortuous |
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How to use roundabout in a sentence
Drivers approaching the town must slow from 45 mph to 25 mph before entering the first roundabout on the edge of town.
The refugee took a roundabout journey across Europe from Poland to asylum.
In the galleries: A heightened homage to trees and what they can teach us | Mark Jenkins | May 7, 2021 | Washington PostThat’s a roundabout way of saying that Joe Penna’s Stowaway—set aboard a ship that was designed for three people and, it turns out, must accommodate four—is a little boring.
Netflix's Pensive Stowaway Tangles with Issues of Morality, and Selfhood, in Space | Stephanie Zacharek | April 22, 2021 | TimePagels, 29, tweeted that he “had to bike through a roundabout over a highway to get my Covid jab.”
Bicyclist killed in crash tweeted just hours earlier about the danger of riding in D.C. | Luz Lazo | April 12, 2021 | Washington PostA roundabout, if you don’t know, is a small, circular traffic intersection, typically with one lane.
I saw two bodies on the center island of a traffic roundabout last week—they were still there two hours later.
In Sierra Leone, the Plague Is Closing in Around Us | Ned Eustace | October 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt would be an awfully complicated and roundabout way of garnering Heisman goodwill.
As rebel cars circled a roundabout, Shabiha gunmen opened fire.
The people in the Pearl roundabout were not deterred by lack of international solidarity.
Bahraini Dissident Blogger Ali Abdulemam Missing For One Year | Madison Shimoda | March 25, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTI have no idea what's next," said activist Nadine Wahab, as she stood in the roundabout, called the "medan.
Egypt in Chaos as Protesters Call for Military Council to Transfer Power | Mike Giglio | November 20, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTBut this is an ancient and roundabout process, and may, as it sometimes has done, terminate in failure.
Our Churches and Chapels | AtticusSuppose we go first to the market, and then in a roundabout way to the Botanical Gardens.
Gardens of the Caribbees, v. 1/2 | Ida May Hill Starr"It does seem rather a roundabout way of rejoining," Terence said, with a smile.
Under Wellington's Command | G. A. Henty"Well, I've agreed to stand for Harsh," said Nick with a roundabout transition.
The Tragic Muse | Henry JamesFor the moment a Sabbath calm hung over the wrecked town and over the country roundabout; all was as peaceful as a Quaker meeting.
The Glory of The Coming | Irvin S. Cobb
British Dictionary definitions for roundabout
/ (ˈraʊndəˌbaʊt) /
British a revolving circular platform provided with wooden animals, seats, etc, on which people ride for amusement; merry-go-round
a road junction in which traffic streams circulate around a central island: US and Canadian name: traffic circle
an informal name for boring mill
indirect or circuitous; devious
on all sides: spectators standing round about
approximately: at round about 5 o'clock
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