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circuitous
[ser-kyoo-i-tuhs]
adjective
roundabout; not direct.
a circuitous route; a circuitous argument.
Synonyms: , ,Antonyms: ,
circuitous
/ ²õÉ˰ģĀį³ÜĖÉŖ³ŁÉ²õ /
adjective
indirect and lengthy; roundabout
a circuitous route
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- circuitously adverb
- circuitousness noun
- noncircuitous adjective
- noncircuitously adverb
- noncircuitousness noun
- uncircuitous adjective
- uncircuitously adverb
- uncircuitousness noun
- ³¦¾±°łĖ³¦³Ü¾±³Ł“dzܲõ±ō²ā adverb
- ³¦¾±°łĖ³¦³Ü¾±³Ł“dzܲõ²Ō±š²õ²õ noun
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of circuitous1
Example Sentences
After nine hours, the exhausted guardsmen arrived in Sacramento early on the morning of July 4 ā having taken a train through a circuitous route to avoid trouble.
The criticism of Harrisā delayed decision, which is expected to come this summer, varies from sharp and direct to oblique and circuitous.
But the bookās circuitous, meandering structure, including a major digression about one of Siegfriedās sisters, tests the readerās patience.
This could also come, more circuitously, through the application of a planned carbon trade tax in various jurisdictions.
The UN experts map a circuitous route showing how it is transported to close to the Rwandan border.
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