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adjective
- 1. (of a route or journey) longer than the most direct way: "the canal followed a circuitous route" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of CIRCUITOUS is having a circular or winding course. How to use circuitous in a sentence. Did you know?
We took a circuitous route home. The train tracks wound circuitously through the canyons. Which is, of course, the oddly circuitous truth. It is reached by a rather circuitous processional route, incorporating a grand staircase. It does this by performing a loop of its circuitous trail.
We took a circuitous route home. The train tracks wound circuitously through the canyons. He also probably wouldn't have believed the circuitous route he traversed to get right back where he started.
Circuitous means indirect or roundabout. If you're already late for school, you'll want to take the straightest, fastest way there, not a circuitous one!
Circuitous definition: roundabout; not direct. See examples of CIRCUITOUS used in a sentence.
SYNONYMS circular, winding, indirect, meandering. ANTONYMS straight, direct. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
Define circuitous. circuitous synonyms, circuitous pronunciation, circuitous translation, English dictionary definition of circuitous. adj. 1. Being or taking a roundabout, lengthy course: took a circuitous route to avoid the accident site. 2. Characterized by indirectness, evasiveness, or...
Definition of circuitous adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Roundabout; indirect; devious. Characterized by indirectness, evasiveness, or complexity, as in action or language. A circuitous method of inquiry; a circuitous argument. Not direct or to the point. Of a long and winding route. First attested in 1664.
Jun 2, 2024 · circuitous (comparative more circuitous, superlative most circuitous) Not direct or to the point. Of a long and winding route. I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed.
