circuitousness

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circuitousness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Circuitous \Cir*cu"i*tous\, a. [LL. circuitosus.]
     Going round in a circuit; roundabout; indirect; as, a
     circuitous road; a circuitous manner of accomplishing an end.
     -- Cir*cu"i*tous*ly, adv. -- Cir*cu"i*tous*ness, n.
  
     Syn: Tortuous; winding; sinuous; serpentine.
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