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circumvential

circumvential adjective: that circumvents.

Adjective

circumvential (comparative more circumvential, superlative most circumvential)

  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 […]1981, I-78, Berkeley Heights to Springfield, Somerset/Union Counties […] , Volume 3

Forms of circumvential

comparativemore circumvential
superlativemost circumvential
alternative formcircumvental

Origin of circumvential

From circumvent + -ial.

Questions about circumvential

What does circumvential mean?
Circumvential means that circumvents.
What part of speech is circumvential?
Circumvential is an adjective.

Words near circumvential in the dictionary

  1. circumventable
  2. circumvental
  3. circumvented
  4. circumventer
  5. circumventers
  6. circumvential
  7. circumventing
  8. circumventingly
  9. circumvention
  10. circumventional
  11. circumventions

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