Meanings
adverbcircumventively (comparative more circumventively, superlative most circumventively)
comparative more circumventively · superlative most circumventively
- rareIn a circumventive manner.
"A consciousness of the rectitude of his life raised him far above the Jesuitical arts of hypocrisy," one of his Congregational friends circumventively explained.
1957, William Storrs Lee, The Yankees of Connecticut
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APA
circumventively. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumventively
MLA
“circumventively.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumventively. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “circumventively,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/circumventively.
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