English-Thai Dictionary

circuitous

ADJ อ้อม  indirect roundabout aom

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CIRCUITOUS

a.Going round in a circuit; not direct; as a circuitous road or course.

 

CIRCUITOUSLY

adv. In a circuit.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CIRCUITOUS

Cir *cu "i *tous, a. Etym: [LL. circuitosus.]

 

Defn: Going round in a circuit; roundabout; indirect; as, a circuitous road; a circuitous manner of accompalishing an end. -- Cir *cu "i *tous *ly, adv. -- Cir *cu "i *tous *ness, n.

 

Syn. -- Tortuous; winding; sinuous; serpentine.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

circuitous

cir cu i tous |sərˈkyo͞oətəs sərˈkjuədəs | ▶adjective (of a route or journey ) longer than the most direct way: the canal followed a circuitous route | figurative : a circuitous line of reasoning. DERIVATIVES cir cu i tous ly adverb, cir cu i tous ness noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin circuitosus, from circuitus ‘a way around ’ (see circuit ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

circuitous

cir ¦cu ¦it |ous |səːˈkjuːɪtəs | ▶adjective (of a route or journey ) longer than the most direct way: the canal followed a circuitous route | figurative : a circuitous line of reasoning. DERIVATIVES circuitously adverb, circuitousness noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin circuitosus, from circuitus ‘a way around ’ (see circuit ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

circuitous

circuitous adjective 1 a circuitous route: roundabout, indirect, winding, meandering, serpentine, tortuous. ANTONYMS direct, straight. 2 a circuitous discussion: indirect, oblique, roundabout, circumlocutory, periphrastic. ANTONYMS to the point.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

circuitous

circuitous adjective 1 a circuitous route: roundabout, indirect, winding, meandering, serpentine, tortuous, twisting; rare anfractuous. ANTONYMS direct, straight. 2 a circuitous discussion: indirect, oblique, roundabout, circumlocutory, periphrastic; meandering, discursive, digressive, long-winded; evasive; rare circumlocutionary, ambagious. ANTONYMS to the point.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

circuitous

cir cu i tous /səː r kjúːətəs /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠1 回り道の, 遠回りの ▸ take a circuitous route 回り道をする 2 ｟比喩的に ｠遠回しの, 婉曲な, のらりくらりした .～ly 副詞