roundaboutlyadv.
/ˈraʊndəbaʊtli/, U.S. /ˈraʊndəˌbaʊtli/ In a roundabout or indirect way.
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periphrastically?c1622
roundaboutly1851
roundaboutedly1868
1851 A. B. Grosart Wks. R. Fergusson 67 It is to this that, somewhat round-aboutly, Fergusson makes him allude.
1876 R. Broughton Joan I. i. 13 He said it much more lengthily and roundaboutly.
1914 E. T. Fairbanks Town of St. Johnsbury 522 It seemed impossible to reach the upper end of the street..except roundaboutly by the burning school house.
1963 A. Kuhn Study of Society xi. 192 Speech has a great advantage, being able to convey..thoughts which can be expressed only roundaboutly, if at all, in writing.
2008 D. Guterson Other vi. 151 I dared an end-game exchange sacrifice, a rook for a knight, and thereby, and roundaboutly, promoted a pawn.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1851- put in one's gears
- put in one's pocket
- put in one's spoke
- put in or enter a caveat
- put in or to a venture
- put in or to the venture
- put in pension
- put in place
- put in play
- put in pledge
- put in point
- put in practice
- put in press
- put in prison
- put in remembrance
- put in remembrance of
- put in repair
- put in requisition
- put in respite
- put in resplait
- put in rule
- put in sacrifice
- put in security
- put in shoes
- put in suit