Circuitously

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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.


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