circuitouslyadv.
/səˈkjuːɪtəsli/ In a circuitous manner, by a roundabout way, indirectly.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > indirect action or process > [adverb]
sidelya1425
through the sides of?1560
collaterally1610
by the waya1616
sidewise1654
secretly1656
slantinglya1677
ambagiously1678
circuitously1797
sideways1876
in-circle1883
society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > [adverb] > circuitously
crinkledum cum crankledum1660
circuitously1870
society > travel > means of travel > route or way > [adverb] > by an indirect route
round1562
sideways1722
circuitously1870
1797 E. Burke Three Mem. French Affairs 38 I do not think..that it is likely to be misled unless indirectly and circuitously.
1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. II. iii. xix. §3. 146 English goods..would be paid for circuitously.
1870 C. Dickens Let. 31 May (2002) XII. 541 Having come here from town circuitously.
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