circuitous

[ ser-kyoo-i-tuhs ]
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adjective
  1. roundabout; not direct: a circuitous route; a circuitous argument.

Origin of circuitous

1
1655–65; <Medieval Latin circuitōsus, equivalent to circuit(us) circuit + -ōsus-ous

Other 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 Society
  • Robin Greenlaw and Peter Lindsay took a way that should lead them far aside from this port, and then with circuitousness home.

    Foes | Mary Johnston
  • Lines of least resistance were most attractive to Stanton, regardless of circuitousness.

British Dictionary definitions for circuitous

circuitous

/ (səˈkjuːɪtəs) /


adjective
  1. indirect and lengthy; roundabout: a circuitous route

Derived forms of circuitous

  • circuitously, adverb
  • circuitousness, noun

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