Not straightforward, circuitous; = roundabout, adj. 2. Obsolete.

Of a way, path, or course: Not straight; crooked, devious; also of a movement: Oblique. (Chiefly figurative, often with suggestion of b.)

Departing from the direct way; pursuing a winding or straying course; circuitous.

Devious, circuitous. (Cf. to fetch a compass.)

Indirect, circuitous; not following a straight course. Of a path, route, or journey.

Bent or bending round; †circuitous.

Of ways: Not plain or direct.

Of the nature of a circuit, roundabout, indirect.