Both Uses of
circuitous
in
Gone with the Wind
- The bluntness of his question ruined all hopes of leading up to the matter in any circuitous and sentimental way.†
Chpt 4.34 *
- She knew what she wanted and she went after it by the shortest route, like a man, not by the hidden and circuitous routes peculiar to women.†
Chpt 4.36
Definition:
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(circuitous) indirect -- while traveling somewhere, or in saying or doing something