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What is the adjective for circuitous?

What's the adjective for circuitous? Here's the word you're looking for.

Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb circuit which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

circuitous
  1. Not direct or to the point.
  2. Of a long and winding route.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. twisting, tortuous, winding, serpentine, meandering, devious, anfractuous, indirect, roundabout, convoluted, rambling, complicated, circular, labyrinthine, lengthy, ambagious, back road, going around, winding around, long way around, by way of, curving, sinuous, crooked, zigzag, windy, snaky, twisted, bending, snaking, curved, curling, curled, curvy, meandrous, flexuous, crazy, twisty, zigzagging, wandering, mazy, deviating, turning, coiling, spiraling, spiralling, ambiguous, looping, serpentiform, spiral … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “We're taking a rather circuitous route to Waterloo so I can pick them up.”
      “The professor's explanation was so circuitous that it left the students more confused than before.”
      “The hikers chose a circuitous route to the summit, veering off the main trail and adding several hours to their journey.”
circuital
  1. Of or pertaining to a circuit.
circuited
  1. simple past tense and past participle of circuit
  2. Synonyms:
      3. encircled, ringed, rang, rung, circled, girdled, compassed, orbited, circumnavigated, circumvented, rounded, girt, girded, encompassed, circumscribed, surrounded, enclosed, embraced, environed, inclosed, wreathed, looped, begirt, begirded, hemmed in, revolved round, travelled round, circulated, gone round, went round, fenced in, moved around, confined, bounded, bound, revolved, enveloped, skirted, beset, circumambulated, belted, cinctured, shut in, revolved around, cut off, circled round, gone around, went around, traveled around, travelled around … more
circuiting
  1. present participle of circuit
  2. Synonyms:
      3. encircling, ringing, circling, girdling, compassing, orbiting, circumnavigating, circumventing, rounding, girding, encompassing, circumscribing, going round, surrounding, enclosing, embracing, environing, inclosing, wreathing, looping, begirding, hemming in, revolving round, travelling round, going around, circulating, fencing in, moving around, confining, bounding, revolving, enveloping, skirting, circumambulating, belting, cincturing, revolving around, circling round, travelling around, traveling around, flying around, blockading, besetting, besieging, investing, rimming, wheeling, sealing off, lapping, forming a ring round … more
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