roundaboutness
Lack of directness
Roundaboutness is the quality of being indirect or circuitous rather than straightforward.
It describes communication or action that takes unnecessary detours: The roundaboutness of his explanation frustrated everyone.
The word itself demonstrates what it names—a simpler term like indirectness would do the job with less fuss.
Extremely complex and winding
- convolutedExcessively complex or twisted
- tortuousFull of twists
- windingCurving repeatedly, sinuous
- meanderingFollowing a winding course
twisting · serpentine · byzantine · tangled · intricate · knotty · circuitous · maze-like
Unnecessary word excess
- wordinessExcessive use of language
- long-windednessTedious verbal excess
- digressionVeering off topic
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
verbiage · diffuseness · discursiveness · loquaciousness · garrulity · logorrhea · volubility · expansiveness
Avoiding by moving aside
- sidesteppingMoving aside to avoid
- avoidanceDeliberate keeping away
- equivocationAmbiguous language avoiding commitment
- prevaricationMisleading speech avoiding directness
deflection · shirking · hedging · obfuscation · subterfuge · eluding · skirting · bypassing
Lack of directness
- tangentialityTendency to stray from topic
- circuitousnessLack of directness
- ellipticalOval-shaped or indirect
- ambiguityOpenness to multiple interpretations
deviation · nonlinearity · allusiveness · implication · insinuation · innuendo · hinting · suggestiveness
labyrinthine
Extremely complex and winding
- convolutedExcessively complex or twisted
- tortuousFull of twists
- windingCurving repeatedly, sinuous
meandering · twisting · serpentine · byzantine · tangled · intricate · knotty · circuitous · maze-like · sinuous
verbosity
Unnecessary word excess
- wordinessExcessive use of language
- long-windednessTedious verbal excess
- digressionVeering off topic
rambling · verbiage · diffuseness · discursiveness · loquaciousness · garrulity · logorrhea · volubility · expansiveness · prolixity
dodging
Avoiding by moving aside
- sidesteppingMoving aside to avoid
- avoidanceDeliberate keeping away
- equivocationAmbiguous language avoiding commitment
prevarication · deflection · shirking · hedging · obfuscation · subterfuge · eluding · skirting · bypassing · ducking
obliqueness
Lack of directness
- tangentialityTendency to stray from topic
- circuitousnessLack of directness
- ellipticalOval-shaped or indirect
ambiguity · deviation · nonlinearity · allusiveness · implication · insinuation · innuendo · hinting · suggestiveness · veiled
roundaboutnessdirectness
Quality of being straightforward
straightness · beeline · direct route · shortest path · shortcut
roundaboutnessdirectness
Quality of being straightforward
straightforwardness · brevity · conciseness · bluntness · forthrightness