adjective · rare

circuitous

circuitous · more circuitous · most circuitous

окольно, окольный, петляющий

umständlich, weitschweifig, indirekt, umschweifend

Not direct or to the pointNot direct or to the point.

UK/sɜːˈkjuːɪtəs/US/sɚˈkjuːətəs/

» The train made a circuitous route back to the city center every day.

Meaning

2 senses

Not direct or to the point.
weitschweifig, umständlich, indirekt
окольноokolʹno
Being a long and winding route.
weitläufig, verwunden, umständlich
окольныйokolʹnyj, петляющийpetljajuščij

More definitions

marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct
deviating from a straight course

Examples

2 sentences

The train made a circuitous route back to the city center every day.
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Since the trail is so circuitous, it sometimes feels like you aren't getting any closer to the peak.
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

not direct or to the point:

being a long and winding route:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

not direct or to the point:

being a long and winding route:

Origin

First attested in 1664. From Latin circuitōsus, from circuitus, from circumeō (“to go arou

First attested in 1664. From Latin circuitōsus, from circuitus, from circumeō (“to go around”), from circum (“around”) + eō (“to go”). By surface analysis, circuit + -ous.

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