回りくどい

まわりくどい

Also written 回り諄い

Meanings

1. い-adjective circuitous; roundabout; indirect

Kanji

• 回 times. Read as まわり.

Example sentences

• 回りくどく言うな。
  Don't talk around it.
• 回りくどい言い方はやめてはっきり言ってよ！
  Stop beating around the bush and give it to me straight!
• 回りくどい言い方はしないでくれ。
  Don't say it in a roundabout way.
• 回りくどい言い方はしないで。
  Don't beat around the bush.
• 回りくどい言い方はやめて核心を言ってくれよ。
  Stop beating around the bush and get to the point.

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