circuitousness

English

Etymology

circuitous +‎ -ness

Noun

circuitousness (uncountable)

1. The state of being circuitous.
   • 1960 March, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 175:

     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.

References

• “circuitousness”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.