| Main Entry: | circuitous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | going around, indirect |
Synonyms: |
ambagious, back road, by way of, circular, collateral, complicated, devious, labyrinthine, long way, long way around, meandering, oblique, rambling, roundabout, tortuous, winding around |
Antonyms: |
direct, in line, straight |
| Main Entry: | digress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stray, deviate |
Synonyms: |
aberrate, be diffuse, beat about the bush, circumlocute, depart, divagate, drift, excurse, get off the point, get off the subject, get sidetracked, go by way of, go off on a tangent, long way, meander, ramble, roam, swerve, turn aside, veer, wander, wander away |
Antonyms: |
be direct, stay |
| Main Entry: | lengthwise |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | longitudinally |
Synonyms: |
along, alongside, endlong, fore and aft, from end to end, from head to foot, from stern to stern, from top to bottom, overall, the long way |
Antonyms: |
across, crosswise, side to side |