заобиколен — meaning in English
zaobikolen
Bulgarian → English · translate English → Bulgarian instead
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
- adj With the back of the hand.
- adj Involving a backward flip of the hand.
- adj Insincere, sarcastic, ironic, or self-contradictory.
- adj Backwards, turned around.
oblique — full definition
- adjective Slanting; not straight up-and-down or side-to-side.
- adjective Indirect or evasive rather than straightforward.
- noun The forward slash symbol (/).