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circuitously

American  
[ser-kyoo-i-tuhs-lee] / sərˈkju ɪ təs li /

adverb

  1. in a circuitous way.


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His seamless design emerges only gradually and circuitously.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025

However, by removing most jury trials from the court dockets, the city acted circuitously.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 17, 2023

You watch her move circuitously across the balcony, into the apartment.

From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2022

Somehow or other I was able to circuitously get the latter two to work again, by downloading links from far corners of the planet.

From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2022

But I didn’t understand what he was trying to get at circuitously.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

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