Round″a‐bout′ (?), a. 1. Circuitous; going round; indirect; as, roundabout speech.
We have taken a terrible roundabout road. Burke.
2. Encircling; enveloping; comprehensive. “Large, sound, roundabout sense.” Locke.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.