[øm] (v) EN: go by an indirect road ; take a circuitous road ; take a tortuous road ; make a detour ; go by a roundabout way ; take a bypass ; double FR: contourner ; tourner autour ; prendre un chemin détourné ; doubler
[まわりくどい, mawarikudoi] (adj-i) circuitous; roundabout; indirect [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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" [syn:
{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" [syn: {devious},
{circuitous}, {roundabout}]
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