Lateral
Lateral adjective - Of, relating to, or located on one side.
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Roundabout and lateral are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Roundabout" instead an adjective "Lateral".
Nearby Word: laterally
Roundabout
Roundabout adjective - Not straightforward or direct.
Lateral and roundabout are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lateral" instead an adjective "Roundabout".
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The various character names, ostensibly attempts at Captain Ersatz-ing, run on translations, transliterations and wordplay that need some amount of bizarre lateral thinking to decipher; not to mention that Shout Outs both to modern and older works are handled in a roundabout way.
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