|sər.|kyüəd.əs, (ˈ)sə̄.|-, (ˌ)səi.|-, _sə(r)ˈk-, -ətəs adjective
Etymology: Medieval Latin circuitosus, from Latin circuitus circuit + -osus -ous — more at circuit
1. : being a circular or winding course : indirect , roundabout
two lines possible — the one direct by sea, the other circuitous through Gaul — A.T.Mahan
in one circuitous mile through the business district it [the San Antonio river] ends up less than eight hundred yards from where it started — Green Peyton
2. : marked by roundabout, indirect, or devious procedure
circuitous actions
: not forthright, direct, or to the point
circuitous in speech
• cir·cu·i·tous·ly adverb
• cir·cu·i·tous·ness noun -es