circuitously

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English

Etymology

From circuitous +‎ -ly.

Adverb

circuitously (comparative more circuitously, superlative most circuitously)

  1. In a circuitous manner; following a circuitous route.
    • 1895–1897, H G 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:
      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.

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