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circuitously en · ADV

Pronunciation

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• /sɝːˈkjuː.ə.t̬əs.li/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree English circuitous Middle English -ly English -ly English circuitously From circuitous + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a circuitous manner; following a circuitous route.
   • I encountered a couple of hungry-looking dogs, but both hurried circuitously away from the advances I made them. 1895–1897, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “The Work of Fifteen Days”, in The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, published 1898, →OCLC, book II (The Earth under the Martians), page 244:
   • For instance: I raised, as a problem, my difficulty in finishing my book, in writing without a deadline. I raised it at length, circuitously, with emotion. 1998 August 17, Adam Gopnik, “Man Goes To See a Doctor”, in The New Yorker:

Forms

Translations (5)

pl okrężnie (in a circuitous manner) · fi kaartelevasti (in a circuitous manner) · fi kiertelevästi (in a circuitous manner) · fi epäsuorasti (in a circuitous manner) · de weitschweifig (in a circuitous manner)