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adjective
- 1. (of a route or journey) longer than the most direct way: "the canal followed a circuitous route"
1. : having a circular or winding course. a circuitous route. a circuitous journey by snowmobile. 2. : not being forthright or direct in language or action. a circuitous explanation. His circuitous form of logic was mind-boggling. circuitously adverb. circuitousness noun. Did you know?
adjective. us / sərˈkju·ɪ·t̬əs / Add to word list. not straight or direct; roundabout: We took a circuitous route home. circuitously.
Circuitous definition: roundabout; not direct. See examples of CIRCUITOUS used in a sentence.
adjective. us / sərˈkju·ɪ·t̬əs / Add to word list. not straight or direct; roundabout: We took a circuitous route home. circuitously.
1. Being or taking a roundabout, lengthy course: took a circuitous route to avoid the accident site. 2. Characterized by indirectness, evasiveness, or complexity, as in action or language: a circuitous method of inquiry; a circuitous argument. [From Medieval Latin circuitōsus, from Latin circuitus, a going around; see circuit .]
Definitions of circuitous. adjective. 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. adjective.
circuitous. (səʳkjuːɪtəs ) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A circuitous route is long and complicated rather than simple and direct. [formal] The cabdriver took them on a circuitous route to the police station. Stuart came into film-making via a circuitous route. More Synonyms of circuitous. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
Definition of circuitous adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
circuitous in American English. (sərˈkjuːɪtəs) adjective. roundabout; not direct. a circuitous route. a circuitous argument. SYNONYMS circular, winding, indirect, meandering. ANTONYMS straight, direct. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
Jun 2, 2024 · circuitous (comparative more circuitous, superlative most circuitous) Not direct or to the point. Of a long and winding route.