All circuitousness synonyms

noun circuitousness

• indirectness — not in a direct course or path; deviating from a straight line; roundabout: an indirect course in sailing.
• periphrasis — the use of an unnecessarily long or roundabout form of expression; circumlocution.
• long-winded — talking or writing at tedious length: long-winded after-dinner speakers.
• circularity — having the form of a circle; round: a circular tower.
• circumlocution — A circumlocution is a way of saying or writing something using more words than are necessary instead of being clear and direct.
• oblique — neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping.