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roundaboutly

roundaboutly adverb: in a roundabout manner; indirectly.

Adverb

roundaboutly (comparative more roundaboutly, superlative most roundaboutly)

  1. In a roundabout manner; indirectly.
    • Now, all of a sudden, he found himself cautious, trying to be a politician, and the result was, he expressed his frustrations roundaboutly instead of directly.1990, Ernest Hebert, Live Free or Die

Forms of roundaboutly

comparativemore roundaboutly
superlativemost roundaboutly

Origin of roundaboutly

From roundabout + -ly.

Questions about roundaboutly

What does roundaboutly mean?
Roundaboutly means in a roundabout manner; indirectly.
What part of speech is roundaboutly?
Roundaboutly is an adverb.

Words near roundaboutly in the dictionary

  1. roundabout dogs
  2. roundaboutation
  3. roundabouted
  4. roundaboutedly
  5. roundabouting
  6. roundaboutly
  7. roundaboutness
  8. roundabouts
  9. roundarm
  10. roundback
  11. roundbacks

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