circuitously
English
Etymology
Etymology tree
From circuitous + -ly.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /sɝːˈkjuː.ə.t̬əs.li/
Audio (General American): (file)
Adverb
circuitously (comparative more circuitously, superlative most circuitously)
- 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[1], New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 January 2026:
- 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
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