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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

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

2. deviating from a straight course;
- Example: "a scenic but devious route"
- Example: "a long and circuitous journey by train and boat"
- Example: "a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic"
[syn: devious, circuitous, roundabout]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Circuitous \Cir*cu"i*tous\, a. [LL. circuitosus.]
   Going round in a circuit; roundabout; indirect; as, a
   circuitous road; a circuitous manner of accomplishing an end.
   -- Cir*cu"i*tous*ly, adv. -- Cir*cu"i*tous*ness, n.

   Syn: Tortuous; winding; sinuous; serpentine.
        [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

circuitous
    adj 1: 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" [syn:
           circuitous, roundabout]
    2: 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" [syn: devious,
       circuitous, roundabout]