circuitous
adjective
[ səːˈkjuːɪtəs ]
• (of a route or journey) longer than the most direct way.
• "the canal followed a circuitous route"
Similar:
roundabout,
indirect,
winding,
meandering,
serpentine,
tortuous,
twisting,
anfractuous,
oblique,
circumlocutory,
periphrastic,
discursive,
digressive,
long-winded,
evasive,
circumlocutionary,
ambagious,
Origin:
mid 17th century: from medieval Latin circuitosus, from circuitus ‘a way around’ (see circuit).
