Synonyms

1. circuitous
2. devious

Sentence Examples

1. On the other side of the roundabout the Cabildo sits grandly in its own formal grounds.
2. One was the British consul at Suez, who, despite the prophecies of the English Government, and the unfavourable predictions of Stephenson, was in the habit of seeing, from his office window, English ships daily passing to and fro on the great canal, by which the old roundabout route from England to India by the Cape of Good Hope was abridged by at least a half.
3. It was a dark night when I bade her good-bye, and taking with me, as aides-de-camp, the three creditors who had given me so much trouble, we carried the balloon, with the car and accoutrements, by a roundabout way, to the station where the other articles were deposited.
4. I come to a halt at the Arrieta roundabout and wait for a stream of cars heading down from the north.
5. He hid behind dark sunglasses and the peak of his police cap and zipped through the roundabout and two blocks to the station.
6. Perhaps God would grant her wish in a roundabout way.
7. But he obstinately took roundabout ways, and presently he was where he could see long gray walls of vapor where lay battle lines.
8. My daughter I did not find, the treasure I found and have with me and now, in this strange roundabout way you have seen, I find the treasure that more than all makes me rich, my beloved daughter.
9. They took a roundabout way, so as to get at the pagoda on the rear.
10. They navigated the Burke Square roundabout while Slam groused.