43 entries under circuitous topic. ×

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indirect(adjective, subordinate, rambling, incidental)
10
oblique(adjective, cross, indirect, incidental)
6
devious(adjective, ambiguous, rambling, indirect, incidental)
4
collateral(adjective, ambiguous, rambling, indirect, incidental)
3
roundabout(adjective, subordinate, rambling, indirect, incidental)
2
crooked(adjective, ambiguous, rambling, incidental)
2
secondary(adjective, subordinate, ambiguous, rambling, incidental)
2
sinister(ambiguous, rambling, incidental, tortuous)
2
tortuous(adjective, ambiguous, rambling, incidental)
1
ancillary(subordinate, ambiguous, rambling, incidental)
1
circular(ambiguous, rambling, indirect, incidental)
1
circumlocutory(ambiguous, rambling, indirect, incidental)
1
complicated(ambiguous, rambling, incidental, tortuous)
1
contingent(ambiguous, rambling, incidental, tortuous)
1
duplicitous(ambiguous, rambling, incidental, tortuous)
1
eventual(ambiguous, rambling, incidental, tortuous)
1
implied(ambiguous, rambling, indirect, incidental)
1
incidental(adjective, subordinate, ambiguous, rambling)
1
long-drawn-out(ambiguous, rambling, incidental, tortuous)
1
long way home(expression, idiom, ambiguous, rambling, incidental)
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