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 Definitions of circuitous  [ərˈkyu ɪ təs]  

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Definition of 'circuitous' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) circuitous
roundabout; not direct.

Etymology:  (1655–65; < ML)

Definition of 'circuitous' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) circuitous, roundabout
marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct
"the explanation was circuitous and puzzling"; "a roundabout paragraph"; "hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend"

2. (adj) devious, circuitous, roundabout
deviating from a straight course
"a scenic but devious route"; "a long and circuitous journey by train and boat"; "a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic"
Definition of 'circuitous' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) circuitous
going round in a circuit; roundabout; indirect; as, a circuitous road; a circuitous manner of accomplishing an end
Translation of 'circuitous' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: round-about; not direct
a circuitous route.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: omlopend, indirek Arabic flag Arabic: دَوْرَه، طَريق غَيْر مُبا Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: заобиколен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: indireto Czech flag Czech: vedoucí oklikou, nepřímý German flag German: weitläufig
Danish flag Danish: kroget Greek flag Greek: παρακαμπτήριος, πλάγιος Spanish flag Spanish: tortuoso, indirecto
Estonian flag Estonian: ringiminev Farsi flag Farsi: پر پیچ و خم Finnish flag Finnish: kiertelevä
French flag French: détourné Hebrew flag Hebrew: עוֹקֵף, מַעֲקָף Hindi flag Hindi: घुमावदार
Croatian flag Croatian: zaobilazan, rastegnut Hungarian flag Hungarian: kerülő Indonesian flag Indonesian: memutar
Icelandic flag Icelandic: krókóttur Italian flag Italian: indiretto, tortuoso Japanese flag Japanese: 回り道の
Korean flag Korean: 선회하는 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: aplinkinis Latvian flag Latvian: apkārtejošs; netiešs
Malay flag Malay: berpusing-pusing Dutch flag Dutch: indirect Norwegian flag Norwegian: som går omveier/krokveier
Polish flag Polish: okrężny Persian flag Persian: پر پیچ و خم Pashto flag Pashto: شاوخوا، ګرد چاپېر: غير مس
Portuguese flag Portuguese: indirecto Romanian flag Romanian: ocolit Russian flag Russian: окольный
Slovak flag Slovak: obchádzkový Slovenian flag Slovenian: obvozen; ovinkast Serbian flag Serbian: obilazan
Swedish flag Swedish: kringgående, indirekt, på Thai flag Thai: อ้อม Turkish flag Turkish: dönemeçli, kıvrımlı
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 迂迴的，間接的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: обхідний, об'їзний Urdu flag Urdu: چکر کاٹ کے آنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: vòng quanh Chinese flag Chinese: 迂回的，间接的

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