circuitously
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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His seamless design emerges only gradually and circuitously.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
This could also come, more circuitously, through the application of a planned carbon trade tax in various jurisdictions.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 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
But I didn’t understand what he was trying to get at circuitously.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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