circuitous

• Because my conversation with them was so nebulous, circuitous, filled with incomprehensible innuendo and logical dead ends, I have remembered it vividly, although almost devoid of any detail at all, even visual. —  F ;SF; - vol 098 issue 02 - February 2000
• Although the Minnesotans are housed just a short walk away from the Xcel Center, they are taking a bus to the site for security reasons, and the buses have had "unique" -- meaning bizarre and circuitous -- routing, according to —  2008 Political Conventions
• The lane was circuitous, and when once he had rounded the first corner he paused and set down his burden. —  Aunt Rachel
• Our passage to my brother's station was somewhat circuitous, as we had to leave several missionaries at their posts, to carry stores and books to old stations, and to leave native teachers at new ones. —  The Cruise of the Mary Rose Here and There in the Pacific
• The road was circuitous, and we passed several pretty country-houses, few of which exceeded in size or embellishments, shrubbery excepted, similar dwellings at home. —  Recollections of Europe

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