Circuitous

  • 21circuitous — adjective /sɜːˈkjuːɪtəs,sɚˈkjuːətəs,sɚˈkjuːɪtəs/ a) Not direct or to the point. b) Of a long and winding route. Syn: indirect, roundabout …

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  • 22circuitous — Synonyms and related words: O shaped, aberrant, aberrative, ambagious, anfractuous, backhand, backhanded, circular, circumlocutional, circumlocutory, collateral, convolutional, deflectional, departing, desultory, deviant, deviating, deviative,… …

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  • 23circuitous — cir·cu·i·tous || sÉ™ kjuːɪtÉ™s adj. indirect (action or language); roundabout, winding, not direct …

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  • 24circuitous — [sə: kju:ɪtəs] adjective (of a route) longer than the most direct way. Derivatives circuitously adverb circuitousness noun …

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  • 25circuitous — a. Tortuous, devious, turning, winding, indirect, roundabout …

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  • 26circuitous — adj roundabout, circular, ambagious, meandering, tortuous, sinuous, serpentine, anfractuous, flexuous; turning, twisting, crooked, zigzag, helical, labyrinthine, mazelike; rambling, indirect, devious …

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  • 27circuitous — cir·cu·i·tous …

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  • 28circuitous — cir•cu•i•tous [[t]sərˈkyu ɪ təs[/t]] adj. roundabout; not direct • Etymology: 1655–65; < ML cir•cu′i•tous•ly, adv. cir•cu′i•tous•ness, n …

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  • 29circuitous —   Lauwili, lauwiliwili, ka awiliwili …

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  • 30circuitous — adj. 1 indirect (and usu. long). 2 going a long way round. Derivatives: circuitously adv. circuitousness n. Etymology: med.L circuitosus f. circuitus CIRCUIT …

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