Synonym of a long way round

outside edge longer edge outer edge

detour diversion deviation bypass bypath byway deflection departure digression divagation divergence divergency roundabout route alternative route indirect route branch circuit circuitous route circumbendibus circumnavigation circumvention crotch fork ring road runaround scenic route substitute tourist route indirect course rat run relief road alternate route back road secondary highway service road temporary route long way around roundabout way variation excursus wandering aside tangent difference rambling parenthesis excursion footnote drifting episode note apostrophe discursion obiter dictum incident irrelevancy straying variance addition afterthought interpolation comment ringroad meandering foray maundering shortcut shift going off at a tangent losing one's thread getting sidetracked straying from the topic deviation from the subject straying from the point incidental remark change incomparability distinction dissimilarity aberration discrepancy contrast disparateness alteration unlikeness discrepance dissimilitude diversity disparity disagreement irregularity

along with along with it along with others along with that aloof aloof from a long way off from a long way off a long way from a long way away a long way a long time ago