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Definition of "circuitously" [circuitously]

  • In a circuitous manner (adverb)

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Use "circuitously" in a sentence
  • "Former ambassador, Joseph Wilson IV was sent to Niger to investigate claims made in a document provided circuitously from the Italian spy agency SISMI that Saddam was seeking yellow-cake uranium to produce a bomb."
  • "The novel was written slowly, circuitously, and without expectations."
  • "As the Nashville and the invasion convoy sailed circuitously to fool the Japanese, MacArthur, like an emperor on a galley, spent much of the next two days lounging on a deck chair outside his cabin chatting with aides, snoozing, and signing autographs for crewmen brave enough to approach him."
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