After midnight, taking his careful, indirect route home from his dockside rendezvous, he had met two men.
Butler, Gwendoline COFFIN IN FASHION (2001)
The most obvious example of such an indirect route is behaviour.
Dylan Evans PLACEBO: The Belief Effect (2003)
This means just one extra transaction cost when taking the indirect route rather than the direct route.
Maurice D. Levi International Finance: The markets and financial management of multinational business. (1983)