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  • 31roundabout — adjective 1) a roundabout route Syn: circuitous, indirect, meandering, serpentine, tortuous Ant: direct, straight 2) I asked in a roundabout sort of way Syn: indirect …

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  • 32roundabout — adjective 1) a roundabout route Syn: circuitous, indirect, meandering, serpentine, tortuous 2) I asked in a roundabout sort of way Syn: indirect, oblique, circuitous, circumlocutory • …

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  • 33roundabout — [ˈraʊndəˌbaʊt] noun [C] British I 1) a circular area where three or more roads meet 2) a circular structure in a PLAYGROUND that children sit on while someone pushes it round • See: swing II II adj roundabout [ˈraʊndəˌbaʊt] not direct, simple, or …

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  • 34roundabout — I. adjective Date: 1608 circuitous, indirect < had to take a roundabout route > • roundaboutness noun II. noun Date: 1755 1. a circuitous route ; detour …

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  • 35Roundabout — Das Roundabout ist eine Figur des Lateinamerikanischen Tanzens, die meist in Lateinformationen zum Einsatz kommt. Bevorzugt wird sie in der Samba getanzt. Bei dieser Figur hält sich das Paar an der gleichen Hand und dreht sich um die Fußspitzen&#8230; …

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  • 36roundabout — adj. Roundabout is used with these nouns: ↑fashion, ↑route, ↑way …

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  • 37roundabout — Synonyms and related words: Byzantine, Ferris wheel, O shaped, ambages, ambagious, ambient, anfractuous, apparent, backhanded, balled up, bypass, carousel, chubby, chute the chutes, chutes, circling, circuit, circuitous, circular, circumambages,&#8230; …

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  • 38roundabout —   Ho olalau, lauwili, loloiāhili.    ♦ Roundabout way to lead up to a subject, ho ohelehele ōlelo …

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  • 39roundabout way — noun a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked) • Syn: ↑detour • Derivationally related forms: ↑detour (for: ↑detour) • Hypernyms: ↑road, ↑ …

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  • 40roundabout chair — noun Etymology: roundabout (II) : corner chair …

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