- 1. a. Going round in a circuit; roundabout; indirect; as, a circuitous road; a circuitous manner of accomplishing an end. Source: opted
- 2. adj. marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct Source: wordnet
- 3. adj. deviating from a straight course Source: wordnet
- 4. Going round in a circuit; roundabout; indirect; as, a circuitous road; a circuitous manner of accompalishing an end. -- Cir*cu"i*tous*ly, adv. -- Cir*cu"i*tous*ness, n. Syn. -- Tortuous; winding; sinuous; serpentine. Source: webster
- 5. Going round in a circuit; roundabout; indirect; as, acircuitous road; a circuitous manner of accompalishing an end.-- Cir*cu"i*tous*ly, adv.-- Cir*cu"i*tous*ness, n. Source: adambom
- 6. j:100 s. marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct Source: ecdict
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