Crossword-Solution: CIRCUITOUS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Circuitous | a. | Going round in a circuit; roundabout; indirect; as, a circuitous road; a circuitous manner of accomplishing an end. |
We have 14 clues for the answer “CIRCUITOUS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| A route longer than the most direct way | 1 answer |
| Of a route longer than the most direct way | 1 answer |
| marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct | 1 answer |
| swerving | 5 answers |
| veering | 9 answers |
| Discursive | 24 answers |
| winding | 31 answers |
| roundabout | 40 answers |
| Circular | 50 answers |
| collateral | 53 answers |
| Indirect | 57 answers |
| turning | 64 answers |
| roaming | 72 answers |
| Devious | 82 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TRAEE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with CIRCUITOUS (5)
May I ask what dreadful thing it is that has happened between you and him?” “You may ask; but I may not tell.” In about ten minutes they returned to the house by a circuitous route, entering at the rear.
Odd’s life! but I have a score to settle with that young reprobate!—but in the meanwhile, I told him of a very long, very roundabout road, that would bring him here by a very circuitous road which Chauvelin’s men would never suspect, just about the time when we are ready for him, eh, little woman?” “And he obeyed?” asked Marguerite, in utter astonishment.
Nor would the Martians have embraced even such opportunities as might present themselves, for they could always find a circuitous route about the base of any eminence, and these roads they preferred and followed in preference to the shorter but more arduous ways.
Presently the sound of the voices became fainter, and once again I took up my hazardous ascent, now more difficult, since more circuitous, for I must climb so as to avoid the windows.
And do you remember the word of caution which preceded the discussion of them? To what do you refer? We were saying, if I am not mistaken, that he who wanted to see them in their perfect beauty must take a longer and more circuitous way, at the end of which they would appear; but that we could add on a popular exposition of them on a level with the discussion which had preceded.
Quotes with CIRCUITOUS (3)
In these remote corners, I have discovered a center point, where East met West, and although there has been a collision of cultures, there is now a new Christian identity that is distinctly Chinese. The circuitous mountain path in Yunnan province is red because over many years it has been soaked with blood.
Creativity works on a winding, circuitous route.
The movie business can be very frustrating and very circuitous; there's no straight path. You have to have tremendous perseverance, dedication and passion. You have to want it very, very badly and you have to deal with a lot of rejection.