Circuitous

ahd-5
  • adjective. Being or taking a roundabout, lengthy course.
  • adjective. Characterized by indirectness, evasiveness, or complexity, as in action or language.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Going round in a circuit; not direct; roundabout: as, a circuitous road or course; “circuitous means,”
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Going round in a circuit; roundabout; indirect.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Not direct or to the point.
  • adjective. Of a long and winding route.
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  • adjective. marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct
  • adjective. deviating from a straight course
    • Word Usage
    "“Move” also encompasses movement sideways or in circuitous looping motions rather than linear A-B progress."
    Equivalent
    indirect  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    fortuitous  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    arduous  bumpy  cross-country  cumbersome  expeditious  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    O-shaped  aberrant  aberrative  ambagious  anfractuous  
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