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circuitous
/sɚˈkjuːətəs/
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What does circuitous mean?
adjective
- Not direct or to the point.
- Being a long and winding route.
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This afternoon I follow the river through Humboldt Ca¤on in preference to taking a long circuitous route over the mountains.
It crossed Broadway from out the shadow of Twenty-sixth Street, and, in a halting, circuitous way, arrived close to the waiting figure.
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On these same principles we see how it is that the mutual affinities of the forms within each class are so complex and circuitous.
But the jungle paths are only used when it is impossible to reach the desired point by boat, or if the waterway is very circuitous.
This was a very circuitous and dangerous road, as in the darkness one would frequently pitch headlong over a steep precipice upon the snow beneath.