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Definition of circuitous adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

circuitous

 adjective
adjective
NAmE//sərˈkyuət̮əs//
 
(formal)
 
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(of a route or journey) long and not direct synonym roundabout He took us on a circuitous route to the hotel. The journey was circuitous and slow.
circuitously
 
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adverb
See circuitous in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary