Today’s “Word of the Day” is circuitously and it is an adverb meaning “indirectly, deviously, evasively, unstraightforwardly, tortuously; in a roundabout way”.
Example Sentence: The Law Commission’s recommendations have yet to see the light of day. Evidently, in the absence of more robust means to ensure inner-party democracy, the Tenth Schedule had to be circuitously put into disuse in the Shiv Sena and NCP verdicts — both instances where the anti-defection law could well be applied!
This word is present in The long road to reforming India’s political party system and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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