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[ ser-kyoo-i-tuhs ] / sərˈkyu ɪ təs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR circuitous ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveroundabout; not direct: a circuitous route; a circuitous argument. Origin of circuitous1655–65; <Medieval Latin circuitōsus, equivalent to circuit(us) circuit + -ōsus-ous SYNONYMS FOR circuitouscircular, winding, indirect, meandering. SEE SYNONYMS FOR circuitous ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR circuitousstraight, direct. SEE ANTONYMS FOR circuitous ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM circuitouscir·cu·i·tous·ly, adverbcir·cu·i·tous·ness, nounnon·cir·cu·i·tous, adjectivenon·cir·cu·i·tous·ly, adverb non·cir·cu·i·tous·ness, nounun·cir·cu·i·tous, adjectiveun·cir·cu·i·tous·ly, adverbun·cir·cu·i·tous·ness, noun Words nearby circuitouscircuit court of appeals, circuit edges, circuit, electrical, circuiter, circuit judge, circuitous, circuit rider, circuitry, circuit training, circuity, circular Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for circuitousIt seems like you took a circuitous route, rather than coming up through some agency. Anastasia Ashley, Surfer-Cum-Model, Rides The Viral Internet Wave|James Joiner|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST They were flawed and beautiful men in circuitous search of redemption, and Newman wore the characters effortlessly. The Stacks: The Eyes of Winter: Paul Newman at 70|Peter Richmond|October 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST There was nothing new, or even objectionable, in the speech, which took a circuitous historical route to its subject. It’s the Wages, Stupid|Daniel Gross|December 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST But a Palestinian from the West Bank would need to travel all the way around on a circuitous route. Israel Discourages Journalists From Visiting West Bank|Ali Gharib|March 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The circuitous route that Lincoln claimed, via the Great Lakes, was actually the one best suited for passenger travel in the era. Santorum’s Audi and Other Political Transportation Follies|Ben Jacobs|February 18, 2012|DAILY BEAST His route was a circuitous one, but it is probable that he pursued it with little caution. The Life of Francis Marion|William Gilmore Simms After a circuitous march of several days, they crossed the River Clusius, and came into the territory of the Cenomani. The Histories of Polybius, Vol. I (of 2)|Polybius Even then our tours would be circuitous, and sometimes retrograde, and we should turn and double like hares before the hounds. Haunted London|Walter Thornbury After a circuitous journey, we came out on a clear grassy brow over-looking much open country. Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia|Thomas Mitchell St. Thomas à Becket, though in a circuitous way, had brought deliverance! Past and Present|Thomas Carlyle
British Dictionary definitions for circuitous
adjectiveindirect and lengthy; roundabouta circuitous route Derived forms of circuitouscircuitously, adverbcircuitousness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to circuitoustortuous, devious, rambling, meandering, labyrinthine, back road, circular, collateral, complicated, oblique, roundabout, ambagious, by way of |