āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
circuitous
/sÉËkjËuËËÉĒtÉs/
circuitous
01
āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻž, āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻˇ
(of a route) longer and more indirect than the most direct course
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The road was circuitous, climbing higher and higher into the hills before descending again.
āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ°āĻĒāĻĨā§āĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§čļæĨčļéĢ āĻāĻ ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻĒāĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§ āĻāĻ¸āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻā§āĻ°āĻĒāĻĨā§āĻ°, āĻ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻ˛
avoiding the point instead of being straightforward
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The politician 's circuitous speech obscured her main point.
āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻ°āĻĒāĻĨā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŦā§āĻ¯ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŽā§āĻ˛ āĻŦāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§ āĻ
āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
circuitous
circuit
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
