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circuitousness|səˈkjuːɪtəsnɪs| [f. circuitous + -ness.] Circuitous quality, manner, or way.
1822New Monthly Mag. VI. 74 Tortuous twistings and coy circuitousnesses so trying to the patience of the traveller. 1869Goulburn Purs. Holiness v. 41 The exercises which go most directly, and with least circuitousness to the great end. 1884Harper's Mag. Feb. 344/2 The river..winds in pleasant circuitousness. |