circuitous English

Meaning circuitous meaning

What does circuitous mean?

circuitous

— adjective (= roundabout) marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct the explanation was circuitous and puzzling a roundabout paragraph hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend

— adjective (= devious, roundabout) deviating from a straight course a scenic but devious route a long and circuitous journey by train and boat a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic

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circuitous English » English

roundabout

indirect

devious

circular

rotatory

oblique

ambagious

winding

vicarious

vagrant

vagabond

twisting

turning

slanting

sinuous

sidelong

side

roving

rotative

rotational

rotating

rotary

peregrine

orbital

mediate

mealymouthed

lateral

itinerant

inexplicit

gyratory

gyral

evasive

divious

circumlocutious

bevel

backhanded

aslant

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Bend

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  circuitous coiled convoluted corrugated curly curvy kinky meandering pretzel serpentine serrated sinuous snaky spiral tortuous twisting undulating waved waving wavy wind winding zigzag