roundabout

Adjective

• deviating from a straight course
  • a scenic but devious route
    
  • a long and circuitous journey by train and boat
    
  • a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic
    

• marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct
  • the explanation was circuitous and puzzling
    
  • a roundabout paragraph
    
  • hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend
    

Noun

• a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement

• a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island
  • the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  devious , circuitous , carousel , carrousel , merry-go-round , whirligig , traffic circle , circle , rotary