in a roundabout way in English

in an indirect manner, circuitously

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1. 17 I heard the news in a roundabout way.

2. 29 Maybe those teams knew something, in a roundabout way.

3. 30 We made a bit of a fuss in a roundabout way.

4. 27 He asked me, in a roundabout way, if he could have a salary increase.

5. 7 Jesus states that the stranger approaches his victims in the sheepfold in a roundabout way.

6. In a roundabout way by selection (we notice that diseases are often overshadowed compared to what they call “breaking news”) ; it can be checked in bibliography managers, called “social Bookmakings” such as “Dmoz”, “Digg”, “Reddit” or “Connotea” (this last is dedicated to science and medicine) which direct you to the