1) Circumferential 2) Convoluted 3) Devious 4) Indirect 5) Roundabout 6) Winding 1) Indirect 2) Roundabout 
• (a.) Going round in a circuit; roundabout; indirect; as, a circuitous road; a circuitous manner of accomplishing an end.
Cir·cu'i·tous adjective [ Late Latin circuitosus .] Going round in a circuit; roundabout; indirect; as, a circuitous road; a circuitous manner of accomplishing an end. -- Cir*cu'i*tous*ly , adverb -- Cir*cu'i*tous*ness , 
[adj] - marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct
circuitous 1. Being or taking a roundabout, lengthy course. 2. Roundabout; not direct; such as, a circuitous route; a circuitous argument. 3. Marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct. 4. Deviating from a straight course; 'Her father took a circuitous route to avoid the rush-hour traffic.'
roundabout adjective marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct; `the explanation was circuitous and puzzling`; `a roundabout paragraph`; `hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend`
roundabout; not direct: a circuitous route; a circuitous argument.
[SAT terms] deviating from a straight course