Meanings of very circuitous in English

Hannibal then proceeded, without opposition, in a northeasterly direction, by a very circuitous route.

The path being very circuitous, it took some time to reach the spot Joel sought.

How far he walked that night, I am unable to say, his course being a very circuitous one.

After more walking of a very circuitous nature, I noticed a few bricks in the monotonous expanse of dwarf earth-mounds made by shells.

His trail, though very circuitous, had led him through a country abounding in game, well watered and with a succession of rich pastures.

But the jungle paths are only used when it is impossible to reach the desired point by boat, or if the waterway is very circuitous.

This was a very circuitous and dangerous road, as in the darkness one would frequently pitch headlong over a steep precipice upon the snow beneath.

After a very circuitous route through the city they turned into a narrow street and stopped before a house partly confectionery and partly tobacco shop.

"Not a very circuitous process," said Margaret; "love and kind interest, energy and improvement-whetherin Latin or anything else.