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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