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indirect
adjective. roundabout; unintended
- ambiguous
- ancillary
- circuitous
- circular
- circumlocutory
- collateral
- complicated
- contingent
- crooked
- devious
- discursive
- duplicitous
- erratic
- eventual
- implied
- incidental
- long
- long way home
- long-drawn-out
- long-winded
- meandering
- oblique
- obscure
- out-of-the-way
- periphrastic
- rambling
- secondary
- serpentine
- sidelong
- sinister
- sinuous
- snaking
- sneaking
- sneaky
- subsidiary
- tortuous
- twisting
- underhand
- vagrant
- wandering
- winding
- zigzag
pleonastic
adjective. wordy
redundant
adjective. excessive; repetitious
roundabout
adjective. indirect
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