Concept cluster: Activities > Circularity or going around
adv
(archaic) In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; in circumference.
adj
Separate, on the side.
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So as to form a circle or trace a circular path, or approximation thereof.
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In motion; characterized by motion.
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In the manner of a blade.
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Having a common boundary or border
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Abbreviation of circuit. [The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution]
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(obsolete) An amphitheatrical circle for sports; a circus.
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One who circles, or makes a circular motion.
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So as to circle; with a circling motion.
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(obsolete) circumlocution
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Not direct or to the point.
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(countable) A circuitous plan; a roundabout way of doing something.
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(mathematics) Involving circulation.
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Circuitous or roundabout.
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A circular approach or situation, in which one goes round in circles without making progress.
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publicized using circulars
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(obsolete) circular (in various senses)
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Circular; going round.
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That is circumambulating.
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(often humorous) indirect or roundabout
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erosion around something so as to leave it exposed
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Circuitous, indirect or roundabout.
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(by extension) Indirect, roundabout, or unnecessarily complex.
v
To use circumlocution.
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To speak or write using circumlocution
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Relating to circumnavigation.
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(obsolete) In a circuit; round about.
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Roundabout, circuitous, deviating from the direct or ordinary route.
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From one end to the other.
adv
Alternative spelling of fessways [Fesswise.]
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(poetic, nonce word) Like a floor.
adv
Synonym of head to toe
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Intertwined; interlocked; clasped together.
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An indirect approach.
v
To accurately align vertically or horizontally.
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A circular or repetitious route.
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(emphatic) Round; around.
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A petition signed in a circular fashion to disguise the order in which it was done.
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Synonym of short s
adj
Indirect, circuitous, or circumlocutionary.
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Relating to leaping; moving by leaps; saltatory.
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Alternative form of short-circuit
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(heraldry, archaic) sinister; on the left-hand side from the wearer's viewpoint.
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The condition of being surrounded, especially the condition that gives rise to the "figure / ground" phenomenon
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Arranged in tandem (one behind the other).
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In a traverse manner; crosswise.
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In the manner of a wheel.
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Spiral or helical.
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Synonym of infinity-edge pool

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