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Examples
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"Oh, don't bother, man," rejoined Bang, resuming his usual friendly tone; "you had better say boldly that you do not, without any roundaboutation."
Tom Cringle's Log Michael Scott 1812
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I'm obliged that you credited me with enough sense to be able to deal with the news without any roundaboutation. "
Hero Come Back Laurens, Stephanie 2005
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We’ll save a lot of time if you just give it to me without any roundaboutation.
The Perfect Lover Laurens, Stephanie 2003
jodi commented on the word roundaboutation
https://everything2.com/title/Roundaboutation
"vague, noncommittal language. Closely akin to equivocation and circumlocution, but without the hifalutin' overtones."
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/roundaboutation
July 8, 2017