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заобиколен — meaning in English

zaobikolen

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English meaning

  • backhanded adj With the back of the hand.
  • oblique adjective Slanting; not straight up-and-down or side-to-side.

Senses

заобиколен is used for these senses in English:

  • backhanded Indirect.
  • oblique Not straightforward; indirect; by implication; (sometimes even) obscure, ambiguous, or confusing.
  • periphrastic Indirect in naming an entity; circumlocutory.

backhanded — full definition

  1. adj With the back of the hand.
  2. adj Involving a backward flip of the hand.
  3. adj Insincere, sarcastic, ironic, or self-contradictory.
  4. adj Backwards, turned around.

oblique — full definition

  1. adjective Slanting; not straight up-and-down or side-to-side.
  2. adjective Indirect or evasive rather than straightforward.
  3. noun The forward slash symbol (/).

Related Bulgarian words