circuitous 音标拼音: [sɚkj'uɪtəs]
a . 迂回的路的,迂曲的,绕行的
迂回的路的,迂曲的,绕行的
circuitous adj 1 :
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 " [
synonym :
{
circuitous }, {
roundabout }]
2 :
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 " [
synonym : {
devious },
{
circuitous }, {
roundabout }]
Circuitous \
Cir *
cu "
i *
tous \,
a . [
LL .
circuitosus .]
Going round in a circuit ;
roundabout ;
indirect ;
as ,
a circuitous road ;
a circuitous manner of accomplishing an end .
-- {
Cir *
cu "
i *
tous *
ly },
adv . -- {
Cir *
cu "
i *
tous *
ness },
n .
Syn :
Tortuous ;
winding ;
sinuous ;
serpentine .
[
1913 Webster ]
80 Moby Thesaurus words for "
circuitous ":
O -
shaped ,
aberrant ,
aberrative ,
ambagious ,
anfractuous ,
backhand ,
backhanded ,
circular ,
circumlocutional ,
circumlocutory ,
collateral ,
convolutional ,
deflectional ,
departing ,
desultory ,
deviant ,
deviating ,
deviative ,
deviatory ,
devious ,
digressive ,
discursive ,
divagational ,
divergent ,
errant ,
erratic ,
excursive ,
flexuose ,
flexuous ,
helical ,
indirect ,
involute ,
involuted ,
involutional ,
labyrinthine ,
left -
handed ,
mazy ,
meandering ,
meandrous ,
oblique ,
orbital ,
out -
of -
the -
way ,
periphrastic ,
planetary ,
rambling ,
rivose ,
rivulose ,
rotary ,
round ,
roundabout ,
roving ,
ruffled ,
serpentine ,
shifting ,
side ,
sidelong ,
sinister ,
sinistral ,
sinuate ,
sinuose ,
sinuous ,
snaky ,
spiral ,
stray ,
swerving ,
torsional ,
tortile ,
tortuous ,
turning ,
twisting ,
twisty ,
undirected ,
vagrant ,
veering ,
wandering ,
whorled ,
winding ,
wreathlike ,
wreathy ,
zigzag
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