English Dictionary
Definition of “circuitous”
circuitous (səˈkjuːɪtəs
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Definitions
adjective
- indirect and lengthy; roundabout ⇒
a circuitous route
Alternative Forms
cirˈcuitously adverb cirˈcuitousness noun
Usage examples
He began driving circuitous routes through Saturday traffic.
Skelton, Alison Scott, An Older Woman (1993)Hopefully, at the end of this rather circuitous exercise, CFOs will still be able to save on interest costs.
Business Today (1997)For the few who saw him in the flesh, the encounter was often preceded by a circuitous trip in a vehicle with curtained windows.
Globe and Mail (2003)"She has, however, been rising at 5.30am to pound the streets of Leeds, taking a circuitous ten-mile route to work.
Times, Sunday Times (2004)The path which had led Masson to a desert on the edge of India was as circuitous as that of Harlan himself.
Ben Macintyre, JOSIAH THE GREAT: The True Story of The Man Who Would Be King (2004)
