circumvential en · ADJ
Etymology
From circumvent + -ial.
Meanings
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That circumvents.
For trips with an ultimate destination of Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island, these circumvential routes avoid the Holland Tunnel bottleneck and the additional, and serious, traffic blockade caused by lower Manhattan's narrow streets […]
1981, I-78, Berkeley Heights to Springfield, Somerset/Union Counties […] , Volume 3:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more circumvential | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| circumvental | alternative | lexicographic | |
| most circumvential | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |