单词 | meandering |
释义 | 1 (adjective) We crossed a meandering stream. Synonyms winding a long and winding road wandering snaking tortuous a tortuous mountain route convoluted serpentine serpentine woodland pathways circuitous They were taken on a circuitous route home. Opposites direct , straight , undeviating 2 (adjective) a rich and meandering novel Synonyms convoluted indirect The goods went by a rather indirect route. roundabout a roundabout route tortuous long and tortuous negotiations digressive Opposites straightforward Additional synonymsin the sense of circuitous Definition indirect and lengthy They were taken on a circuitous route home. Synonyms indirect, winding, rambling, roundabout, meandering, tortuous, labyrinthine, ambagious (archaic) in the sense of digressive Synonyms rambling, drifting, diffuse, meandering, anecdotal, divergent, episodic, circuitous, discursive, circumlocutory, excursivein the sense of indirect Definition not going in a direct course or line The goods went by a rather indirect route. Synonyms circuitous, winding, roundabout, curving, wandering, rambling, deviant (old-fashioned), meandering, tortuous, zigzag, long-drawn-out, circumlocutory, deviousNearby words of |
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