circuitous or indirect, as a road, journey, method, statement or person.

(of clothing) cut circularly at the bottom; having no tails, train, or the like.

a short, close-fitting coat or jacket worn by men or boys, esp. in the 19th century.

British . a merry-go-round.

a circuitous or indirect road, method, etc.

Chiefly British . traffic circle.

adjective

direct , honest , straightforward

adjective

ambiguous , circuitous , circular , circumlocutory , collateral , deviating , devious , discursive , evasive , meandering , oblique , obliquitous , periphrastic , taking the long way , tortuous , anfractuous , circumlocutionary , ambagious , ambient , circumambient , curving , detour , encircling , encompassing , excursion , indirect , labyrinthian , labyrinthine , rotary , runaround , serpentine , tour , verbiage , winding , wordy , zigzag