Going round in a circuit; roundabout; indirect; as, a circuitous road; a circuitous manner of accomplishing an end.
It is from the Latin maeander, meaning circuitous windings.
A turning; a circuitous route; a deviation from a direct course; as, the detours of the Mississippi.
curious; unexplained; circuitous; hidden meaning; enigma
A circuitous route continued to wind around for what seemed like hours.The married couple continued to have a circuitous argument about nothing in particular.I was late to work today since I had to take a circuitous route to avoid the accident site.
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I took the circuitous route to avoid the accident site. They chose a less direct route to the convention and instead selected a circuitous approach to the main entrance as to avoid publicity .
They went on, taking circuitous routes back to the front entrance in case they were being followed. Human thought pursue devious and circuitous methods.
Griffon took a circuitous route to avoid the accident site, which made him 15 minutes late for work.
lengthy, long, rambling, circuitous,
circuitous
Yes, every subgroup of a cyclic group is cyclic because every subgroup is a group.
Meiosis is not cyclic; rather it is a linear process. It does not cycle.