34 entries under indirect topic. ×
| devious(adjective, false, dishonest, straight, deceitful) | |
| roundabout(adjective, dishonest, straight, deceitful, bent) | |
| circuitous(adjective, straight, bent, ambiguous, around) | |
| sidelong(adjective, cross, ambiguous, incidental) | |
| circular(adjective, straight, ambiguous, around, devious) | |
| furtive(dishonest, cunning, deceitful, sneaky) | |
| circumlocutory(adjective, ambiguous, rambling, incidental) | |
| collateral(adjective, ambiguous, rambling, devious) | |
| underhanded(false, dishonest, cunning, deceitful, tricky) | |
| implied(adjective, obscure, ambiguous, rambling) | |
| tortuous(adjective, straight, bent, devious) | |
| discursive(ambiguous, rambling, incidental, circuitous) | |
| meandering(adjective, irregular, bent, ambiguous, devious) | |
| obscure(adjective, difficult, vague, ambiguous, misleading) | |
| periphrastic(adjective, ambiguous, rambling, incidental) | |
| backhanded(adjective, evasive) | |
| vague(adjective, evasive) | |
| rambling(adjective, irregular, bent, crooked, ambiguous) | |
| complicated(ambiguous, rambling, devious, incidental) | |
| going around(expression, devious, rounded, winding) |
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