Circumvential
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 That circumvents.
"For trips with an ultimate destination of Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island, these circumvential routes avoid the Holland Tunnel bottleneck and the additional, and serious, traffic blockade caused by lower Manhattan's narrow streets […]"
Example
More examples"For trips with an ultimate destination of Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island, these circumvential routes avoid the Holland Tunnel bottleneck and the additional, and serious, traffic blockade caused by lower Manhattan's narrow streets […]"
Etymology
From circumvent + -ial.
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