circuitously

English

Etymology

From circuitous +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /sɝːˈkjuː.ə.t̬əs.li/

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Adverb

circuitously (comparative more circuitously, superlative most circuitously)

1. In a circuitous manner; following a circuitous route.
   • 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:

     I encountered a couple of hungry-looking dogs, but both hurried circuitously away from the advances I made them.

   • 1998 August 17, Adam Gopnik, “Man Goes To See a Doctor”, in The New Yorker‎:

     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.

Translations

in a circuitous manner

Finnish: epäsuorasti (fi), kiertelevästi, kaartelevasti French: please add this translation if you can German: weitschweifig (de) Hungarian: please add this translation if you can Polish: okrężnie (pl)