circuitous
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- circuitously adverb
- circuitousness noun
- noncircuitous adjective
- noncircuitously adverb
- noncircuitousness noun
- uncircuitous adjective
- uncircuitously adverb
- uncircuitousness noun
Etymology
Origin of circuitous
1655–65; < Medieval Latin circuitōsus, equivalent to circuit ( us ) circuit + -ōsus -ous
Example Sentences
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In that case, exchanges like Coinbase and Robinhood say they can’t trace back the cost basis because of the holding’s circuitous route.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 14, 2026
When he eventually left in late 2015, he didn’t have to take a route nearly as circuitous as Cignetti’s to the top of the coaching ranks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025
People travelling between Al-Eizariya and Jerusalem would have to take a circuitous route three times longer than the present journey, he said.
From Barron's • Nov. 25, 2025
A thickly bearded 25-year-old right-hander originally from Bloomington, Ind., Klein’s path to Monday’s extra-inning marathon could hardly have been more circuitous.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2025
He takes a circuitous route around the Hub, away from the mass of Exclusion Guards and internees who are still pouring out of the Mess and toward the Midway.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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