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   circuitous

   /sə(ː)ˈkjuːɪtəs/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a route or journey) longer than the most direct way: "the canal followed a circuitous route" Similar roundaboutindirectwindingmeanderingserpentinetortuoustwistingrare:anfractuousindirectobliqueroundaboutcircumlocutoryperiphrasticmeanderingdiscursivedigressivelong-windedevasiverare:circumlocutionaryambagiousOpposite directstraightto the point

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from medieval Latin circuitosus, from circuitus ‘a way around’ (see circuit).

   Derivatives

   • 1. circuitously adverb
   • 2. circuitousness noun

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