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Still, there was the plain injunction, and the lawyer doubtless had a reason for it hidden somewhere behind his tiresome circumambulatory approaches.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

It felt comfortable to bounce around in the similar movements of his circumambulatory personal life.

From Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America by Sills, Steven (Steven David Justin)

Of these circumambulatory ells of crape, the young artificer contrived to fabricate a dress that was anything but unbecoming.

From The Widow Barnaby Vol. II (of 3) by Trollope, Frances Eleanor

Five days later a public procession made the circuit of the palace and city walls in a peculiar circumambulatory march of mystic significance, with feasting, dramatic entertainments, and fireworks.

From The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok by Leonowens, Anna Harriette

I implied, in as delicate and circumambulatory a way as possible, that his one-time wife, according to my own observations, taken under peculiarly favorable, because exacting, conditions, was completely accepted.

From On the Stairs by Fuller, Henry Blake