n. 25B6; adjective
a roundabout route : CIRCUITOUS, indirect, meandering, serpentine, tortuous.
I asked in a roundabout sort of way : INDIRECT, oblique, circuitous, circumlocutory, periphrastic, digressive, long-winded; evasive.
direct.
25B6; noun (Brit.)
go straight on at the roundabout : N. Amer. rotary, traffic circle.
a roundabout with wooden horses : MERRY-GO-ROUND, carousel; archaic whirligig.