circuitousness

• Additionally, with these markets, the ability to connect them to any other markets over ATL is limited due to the circuitousness of the journey. —  IAGblog
• The lack of a consistent satirical position means that the gags come from all angles, but often the circuitousness of the set-ups left me longing for the brevity and consistency that would be offered by a stronger narrative backbone or a fixed purpose. —  DVD Times
• He had to abandon all generalities and circuitousness, and come plump upon the royal sinner with his "Thou art the man." —  The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus
• Indeed I have often wondered whether a woman, when she is in pursuit of any given end, can progress by other methods than an ant, which hath no power of circuitousness, and will climb over a tree with long labour and pain rather than skirt it, if it come in her way. —  The Heart's Highway
• Beyond the clever circuitousness of Ghosh's narrative, there is also a language barrier to be surmounted. —  Alanat News

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