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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?
CIRCUITOUS definition: 1. not straight or direct: 2. not straight or direct: 3. not straight or direct; roundabout: . Learn more.
CIRCUITOUS meaning: 1. not straight or direct: 2. not straight or direct: 3. not straight or direct; roundabout: . Learn more.
Circuitous definition: roundabout; not direct. See examples of CIRCUITOUS used in a sentence.
Definition of circuitous adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
circuitous: 1 adj deviating from a straight course “a long and circuitous journey by train and boat” Synonyms: devious , roundabout indirect not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination adj marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct “the explanation was circuitous and puzzling” ...
Indirect and lengthy; roundabout.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
1. Being or taking a roundabout, lengthy course: took a circuitous route to avoid the accident site.
Circuitous definition: Being or taking a roundabout, lengthy course. It is approached in a very circuitous way, either by a passage (Xaupn) leading from a side door in the main propylaeum or by another long passage which winds round the back cf the chief hall, and so leads by a long flight of steps, cut in the rock, to the little postern door in the semicircular bastion.
circuitous meaning, definition, what is circuitous: going from one place to another in a way...: Learn more.
