long way home

ambiguous ancillary circuitous implied incidental oblique tortuous

collateral

circular circumlocutory complicated contingent crooked devious discursive duplicitous erratic eventual long long-drawn-out long-winded meandering obscure out-of-the-way periphrastic rambling secondary serpentine sidelong sinister sinuous snaking sneaking sneaky subsidiary twisting underhand vagrant wandering winding zigzag

direct straight straightforward