| 释义 |
circuitously, adv.|səˈkjuːɪtəslɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a circuitous manner, by a roundabout way, indirectly.
1791Burke Thoughts Fr. Affairs Wks. VII. 44, I do not think..that it is likely to be misled, unless indirectly and circuitously. 1848Mill Pol. Econ. iii. xix. (1876) 370 English goods would be paid for circuitously. 1870Dickens Lett. 31 May, Having come here from town circuitously. |