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circuitous

adjective

1 circuitous

Marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct:
— The explanation was circuitous and puzzling.

synonym: roundabout.

Roget 311: turning etc. v.; circuitous; circumforaneous, circumfluent.   

Roget 629: circuitous, indirect, roundabout; zigzag etc. (deviating) 279; backhanded.   

2 circuitous

Deviating from a straight course:
— A long and circuitous journey by train and boat.

synonyms: devious, roundabout.

Roget 279: deviating etc. v.; aberrant, errant; excursive, discursive; devious, desultory, loose; rambling; stray, erratic, vagrant, ... show more


Moby thesaurus: O-shaped, aberrant, aberrative, ambagious, anfractuous, backhand, backhanded, circular, circumlocutional, circumlocutory, collateral, convolutional, deflectional, departing, desultory, deviant, deviating, deviative, deviatory, devious ... show more.

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