circuitous

take a circuitous route

to take a circuitous route

a circuitous line of reasoning.

the canal followed a circuitous route.

His explanation was circuitous and puzzling.

They took a circuitous route to avoid reporters.

We had to take a circuitous route because of an accident on the turnpike.

It was just kind of a circuitous path to it for me.

In this case its affinities to the other fourteen new species will be of a curious and circuitous nature.

He leaves his champagne with the girls and weaves a circuitous path toward the Palm Room, pretending to check his phone.

She knew what she wanted and she went after it by the shortest route, like a man, not by the hidden and circuitous routes peculiar to women.

But when you circle back, when you look at this with circuitous logic, pulling off a stunt like that makes for one epic wheelie.

On these same principles we see how it is that the mutual affinities of the forms within each class are so complex and circuitous.

The fifteen hundred remaining feet took us five hours to clear; the circuitous route, the diagonal and the counter marches, must have measured at least three leagues.

By altering his arrangements and changing his plans, he keeps the enemy without definite knowledge. By shifting his camp and taking circuitous routes, he prevents the enemy from anticipating his purpose.

And even if it follow circuitous logic, it puts new ideas in entertainment to the tech and the story brings us full circus on CNN 10. I'm Carl Azuz.

Money" ? The bluntness of his question ruined all hopes of leading up to the matter in any circuitous and sentimental way. " Don't be mean, Rhett, " she coaxed. " I do want some money.