| slovo | definícia |
circuitous
(encz) | circuitous,neupřímný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
circuitous
(encz) | circuitous,zdlouhavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Circuitous
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster] |
circuitous
(wn) | circuitous
adj 1: marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or
conduct; "the explanation was circuitous and puzzling";
"a roundabout paragraph"; "hear in a roundabout way that
her ex-husband was marrying her best friend" [syn:
circuitous, roundabout]
2: deviating from a straight course; "a scenic but devious
route"; "a long and circuitous journey by train and boat"; "a
roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic" [syn: devious,
circuitous, roundabout] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
circuitous
(encz) | circuitous,neupřímný adj: Zdeněk Brožcircuitous,zdlouhavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
circuitously
(encz) | circuitously,zdlouhavě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
circuitousness
(encz) | circuitousness,rozvláčnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Circuitously
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster] |
Circuitousness
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster] |
circuitous
(wn) | circuitous
adj 1: marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or
conduct; "the explanation was circuitous and puzzling";
"a roundabout paragraph"; "hear in a roundabout way that
her ex-husband was marrying her best friend" [syn:
circuitous, roundabout]
2: deviating from a straight course; "a scenic but devious
route"; "a long and circuitous journey by train and boat"; "a
roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic" [syn: devious,
circuitous, roundabout] |
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