circuitous
UK /sɜːˈkjuːɪtəs/ US /sɚˈkjuːətəs/
adj 2
Definitions
adj
1
Not direct or to the point.
2
Being a long and winding route.
I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair, the judge occupied by his own guilty thoughts, and I by others not less disturbing.
The train service on this circuitous route to the City was withdrawn during the 1914-1918 war, and never restored. The track between Addison Road and Ravenscourt Park was removed, and the site is now occupied by blocks of flats.
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