circuitous
Meaning of circuitous
- (of a route or journey) longer than the most direct way.
the canal followed a circuitous route
a circuitous line of reasoning
mid 17th century: from medieval Latin circuitosus, from circuitus ‘a way around’ (see circuit).
Information about circuitous
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of circuitous
cir-cuitous
- It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
- circuitous is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
circuitous synonyms
Meaning roundabout:
Meaning devious:
Meaning not directly caused by or resulting from something:
Meaning following a twisting or spiral course:
Meaning proceeding in a convoluted or undirected fashion:
Meaning of or like a serpent or snake:
Meaning full of twists and turns:
Meaning form into a bent, curling, or distorted shape:
Meaning sinuous or circuitous:
Meaning not expressed or done in a direct way:
Meaning using many words where fewer would do, especially in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive; long-winded:
Meaning (of speech or writing) indirect and circumlocutory:
Meaning digressing from subject to subject:
Meaning characterized by digression; tending to depart from the subject:
Meaning tending to avoid commitment or self-revelation, especially by responding only indirectly:
circuitous antonyms
Meaning extending or moving from one place to another without changing direction or stopping:
Meaning extending or moving uniformly in one direction only; without a curve or bend:
Translation of circuitous
- German: abwegig
- Spanish: tortuoso, tortuosa, sinuoso, sinuosa
- French: tortueux, sinueux, retors
- Italian: tortuoso, sinuoso
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