Meanings
nouncircuitousness (uncountable)
- uncountableThe state of being circuitous.
But as the circuitousness of this route and the extremely slow running required over the Midland-North Stafford link have increased overall journey times of the trains concerned to 4 hr. 38 min. down and 4½ hr. up, they are hardly likely to prove very attractive to through passengers.
1960 March, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 175
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