circuitous
roundabout; not direct: a circuitous route; a circuitous argument.
Origin of circuitous
1Other words for circuitous
Opposites for circuitous
Other words from circuitous
- cir·cu·i·tous·ly, adverb
- cir·cu·i·tous·ness, noun
- non·cir·cu·i·tous, adjective
- non·cir·cu·i·tous·ly, adverb
- non·cir·cu·i·tous·ness, noun
- un·cir·cu·i·tous, adjective
- un·cir·cu·i·tous·ly, adverb
- un·cir·cu·i·tous·ness, noun
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How to use circuitous in a sentence
He had to abandon all generalities and circuitousness, and come plump upon the royal sinner with his "Thou art the man."
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus | American Anti-Slavery SocietyRobin Greenlaw and Peter Lindsay took a way that should lead them far aside from this port, and then with circuitousness home.
Foes | Mary JohnstonLines of least resistance were most attractive to Stanton, regardless of circuitousness.
When the Ku Klux Rode | Eyre Damer
British Dictionary definitions for circuitous
/ (səˈkjuːɪtəs) /
indirect and lengthy; roundabout: a circuitous route
Derived forms of circuitous
- circuitously, adverb
- circuitousness, noun
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