kiertävä — meaning in English
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English meaning
- circumflex noun A diacritical mark (ˆ) placed over a vowel, and in some languages a consonant, to change how it is pronounced.
- devious adj Dishonest and cunning; willing to use underhand methods to get what one wants.
- itinerant adj Traveling from place to place regularly, especially for work.
Senses
kiertävä is used for these senses in English:
- circumflex Curving around.
- circumforaneous Wandering from place to place or market to market.
- devious (literal, archaic) Roundabout, circuitous, deviating from the direct or ordinary route.
- itinerant Habitually travelling from place to place. [from 1560s]
devious — full definition
- adj Dishonest and cunning; willing to use underhand methods to get what one wants.
- adj Indirect or roundabout, rather than going straight to the point.
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