Circuitous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Being or taking a roundabout, lengthy course: took a circuitous route to avoid the accident site.
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  • adj. Not direct or to the point.
  • adj. Of a long and winding route.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Going round in a circuit; roundabout; indirect.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Going round in a circuit; not direct; roundabout: as, a circuitous road or course; “circuitous means,”
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct
  • adj. deviating from a straight course
    • Equivalent
    indirect   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    serpentine    winding    sinuous    tortuous    roundabout   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    fortuitous   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    roundabout    tortuous    cross-country    toilsome    southward   
     
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