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circuitous::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | roundabout |
the explanation was circuitous and puzzling.
circuitous::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | devious, roundabout |
a long and circuitous journey by train and boat.
Examples of circuitous
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Could the next phase of Olbermann's circuitous career include an encore at ESPN?
From the usatoday.com
It is usual how hounds can correctly describe a circuitous proceeding like this.
From the iftomm2003.com
The narrative path is steep, circuitous and mined with disease and humiliations.
From the time.com
Her path to professional and familial bliss in Vegas followed a circuitous route.
From the latimes.com
Brasell, now 65 and retired, came to Vietnam on a circuitous route via Okinawa.
From the chron.com
The case that triggered the decision took a circuitous route to the high court.
From the dailyherald.com
Bird then took a circuitous route to Eskdale, almost colliding with several cars.
From the guardian.co.uk
Although Urso, 50, has always been an artist, her career path has been circuitous.
From the democratandchronicle.com
It's been such a circuitous road to where I am, I could never have planned it.
From the omaha.com
- Marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct; "the explanation was circuitous and puzzling"; "a roundabout paragraph"; "hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend"
- Devious: deviating from a straight course; "a scenic but devious route"; "a long and circuitous journey by train and boat"; "a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic"
- Not direct or to the point; Of a long and winding route
- (circuitousness) The state of being circuitous
- (adj) indirect, taking the longest route
- Not being forthright or direct in language or action
- (s r-ky -t s) adj. Being or taking a roundabout, lengthy course: took a circuitous route to avoid the accident site.
