circuitousnessn.
/səˈkjuːɪtəsnɪs/ Circuitous quality, manner, or way.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > indirect action or process > [noun]
circumquaque1546
circumduction1602
circumambulation1606
circuitya1626
indirectness1628
side wind1648
circumbendibus1681
ambagiosity1819
circumambulating1837
ambagiousness1867
circuitousness1869
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [noun] > indirectness of course
indirectness1628
anfractuousness1727
ambagiousness1867
circuitousness1884
1822 New Monthly Mag. 6 74/2 Tortuous twistings and coy circuitousnesses so trying to the patience of the traveller.
1869 E. M. Goulburn Pursuit of Holiness v. 41 The exercises which go most directly, and with least circuitousness to the great end.
1884 Harper's Mag. Feb. 344/2 The river..winds in pleasant circuitousness.
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