circuitously
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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The soldier, a native of the ex-Soviet republic of Uzbekistan who gave his name only as Bakhtiyor, said he walked 13 miles circuitously to reach a point located 4 miles away.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
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
I went circuitously to Miss Havisham’s by all the back ways, and rang at the bell constrainedly, on account of the stiff long fingers of my gloves.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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