roundabout way
Example Sentences
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Some opera singers hoped that the actor’s jibes might actually prove beneficial for the form in a roundabout way.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026
Dunn came to this club in a roundabout way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2026
It was a roundabout way of conceding that after several hours of talks, there's no deal.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2025
Their opposition to transportation projects and other infrastructure, though supposedly grounded in Jeffersonian principle, was a roundabout way of retarding industrial development and ensuring that slavery did not become an economic anachronism.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2025
Ugwu stared at Master, shaking his head, wondering if Master was referring to the chicken pieces in some roundabout way.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
