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in a circuitous manner
indirectly, in a circular manner, round and round
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Not direct or to the point
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{a} going round in a circuit, tedious
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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"
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Of a long and winding route
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Going round in a circuit; roundabout; indirect; as, a circuitous road; a circuitous manner of accomplishing an end
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A circuitous route is long and complicated rather than simple and direct. The cabdriver took them on a circuitous route to the police station = roundabout. going from one place to another in a way that is longer than the most direct way
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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"
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{s} indirect (action or language); roundabout, winding, not direct
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