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Synonyms for in a roundabout way

adv obliquely
  • circumlocutorily
  • diffusely
  • discursively
  • in a roundabout way
  • not immediately
  • periphrastically
  • secondhand

Antonyms for in a roundabout way

  • directly
  • immediately
  • primarily
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

More words related to in a roundabout way

indirectly

adverb. obliquely
  • circumlocutorily
  • diffusely
  • discursively
  • in a roundabout way
  • not immediately
  • periphrastically
  • secondhand
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.